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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth Winterberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-008:
Ilex laevigata FAMILY Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex laevigata
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Winterberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_illa_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ilex_laevigata1
May Moore County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ilex_laevigata2
May Moore County NC
Leaves glabrous and lustrous above, margins crenate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-008:
Ilex laevigata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex laevigata
740
Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Habitat: pocosins, other wet, acidic sites, such as in small blackwater stream swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Greenish-white
5-7 merous
5-7 sepals
5-7 petals
Usually unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p168
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p088
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p396
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p174
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p173
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