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Ilex verticillata ~ winterberry holly ~ Michigan holly

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Characteristics:
  • FACW+
  • Michigan C Value: 5
  • alternate leaves with bristle tips that point straight up (perpendicular to blade surface)
  • back of leaves have hairs
  • leaves are rugose
  • brown twigs with white lenticels
  • fruit in axils
  • male and female
  • bright red fruits persist into winter
  • in acidic and calcareous soils (pH indifferent)
  • forms dense, suckering thickets
  • native
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