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'''''Ilex decidua''''' ('''Meadow Holly''', also called '''"[[possumhaw]]"''', '''"[[deciduous holly]]"''' or '''"[[swamp holly]]"''') is a species of [[holly]] native to the [[United States]].
  
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[[File:Ilex decidua 1.JPG|thumb|left|Leaves of ''Ilex decidua'']]
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Distinguishing features of this species are [[crenate]] [[leaf]] margins and [[fruit]]ing [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicels]] that are 2-8 mm long.<ref name="Duncan">{{cite book|last=Duncan|first=Wilbur H. and Marion B. Duncan|title=Trees of the Southeastern United States|publisher=The [[University of Georgia Press]]|location=[[Athens, Georgia]]|date=1988|pages=304–305|isbn=0820314692}}</ref> Its "distinctive leaf shape... is less variable than other species of holly".<ref name="B&K">{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Claud L.|coauthors=L. Katherine Kirkman|title=Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States|publisher=[[Timber Press]]|location=[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]|date=1990|pages=178–179|isbn=0881921483}}</ref> Leaves are [[obovate]],<ref name="NPIN">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ILDE|title=NPIN: ''Ilex decidua'' (Possumhaw{|accessdate=2009-07-14}}</ref> simple, alternating, [[deciduous]], and grow to 2.5-7.5cm long.<ref name="B&K" />
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[[Drupe]] fruits are red (or rarely yellow), shiny, and [[globose]] (spherical, or nearly so), with a diameter of 4-8mm.<ref name="Duncan" /><ref name="B&K" /> The pulp is bitter; they contain 3-5 seeds and mature in autumn.<ref name="B&K" />
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Slender [[twig]]s are [[Glabrousness|glabrous]] and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and [[acuminate]] scales.<ref name="B&K" />
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[[Bark]] is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened".<ref name="B&K" />
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Ilex decidua, Walt. (Prinos deciduus, DC.). Shrub or small tree, to 30 ft., with light gray, spreading branches: lvs. cuneate-oblong or obovate, usually obtuse, crenately serrate, dark green, and with impressed veins above, pale and pubescent beneath, 1 ½ -3 in. long: fr. globose, orange or orange-scarlet, 1/3 in. across. May. Va. to Fla., west to Texas.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Varieties==
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==Gallery==
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File:Ilex decidua berries.jpg|''Ilex decidua'' with red "berries"
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 18 March 2010


Ilex decidua (USDA).jpg


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Features: ✓ evergreen
Scientific Names

Aquifoliaceae >

Ilex >

decidua >

Walt. >


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Ilex decidua (Meadow Holly, also called "possumhaw", "deciduous holly" or "swamp holly") is a species of holly native to the United States.

Leaves of Ilex decidua

Distinguishing features of this species are crenate leaf margins and fruiting pedicels that are 2-8 mm long.[1] Its "distinctive leaf shape... is less variable than other species of holly".[2] Leaves are obovate,[3] simple, alternating, deciduous, and grow to 2.5-7.5cm long.[2]

Drupe fruits are red (or rarely yellow), shiny, and globose (spherical, or nearly so), with a diameter of 4-8mm.[1][2] The pulp is bitter; they contain 3-5 seeds and mature in autumn.[2]

Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and acuminate scales.[2]

Bark is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened".[2]


Read about Ilex decidua in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ilex decidua, Walt. (Prinos deciduus, DC.). Shrub or small tree, to 30 ft., with light gray, spreading branches: lvs. cuneate-oblong or obovate, usually obtuse, crenately serrate, dark green, and with impressed veins above, pale and pubescent beneath, 1 ½ -3 in. long: fr. globose, orange or orange-scarlet, 1/3 in. across. May. Va. to Fla., west to Texas.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

  • Ilex decidua with red "berries"

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

  • photo 3

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duncan, Wilbur H. and Marion B. Duncan (1988). Trees of the Southeastern United States. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press. pp. 304–305. ISBN 0820314692. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Brown, Claud L.; L. Katherine Kirkman (1990). Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 178–179. ISBN 0881921483. 
  3. ↑ "NPIN: Ilex decidua (Possumhaw{". Retrieved on 2009-07-14.

External links


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