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| − | + | '''''Ilex amelanchier''''', the '''Swamp Holly''', is a rare<ref name="weakley">{{cite web | url = http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm | title = Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and Surrounding Areas | author = Alan S. Weakley | date = April 2008 }}</ref> [[species]] of [[holly]] from southeastern [[North America]].<ref name="plants">{{cite web | url = http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ILAM2 | work = USDA PLANTS | title = Ilex amelanchier M.A. Curtis ex Chapm.: sarvis holly }}</ref> It is a close relative of [[Mountain Holly]] (''Ilex mucronata'') which formerly was placed in a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] ''Nemopanthus''. ''I. amelanchier'' grows near water, for example on streambanks.<ref name="weakley" /> | |
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| + | Its native range is limited to the [[Atlantic coastal plain]] and [[gulf coastal plain]],<ref name="weakley" /> and extends as far south as [[Florida]], as far west as [[Louisiana]], and as far north as [[North Carolina]].<ref name="plants"/> | ||
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Ilex amelanchier, the Swamp Holly, is a rare[1] species of holly from southeastern North America.[2] It is a close relative of Mountain Holly (Ilex mucronata) which formerly was placed in a monotypic genus Nemopanthus. I. amelanchier grows near water, for example on streambanks.[1]
The dull red berries appear in October to November, and may persist until the following spring.[1]
Its native range is limited to the Atlantic coastal plain and gulf coastal plain,[1] and extends as far south as Florida, as far west as Louisiana, and as far north as North Carolina.[2]
Read about Ilex amelanchier in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Ilex amelanchier, Curtis. Deciduous shrub to 6 ft.: lvs. oblong, subacute, serrate, pubescent, 1 ½ - 3 in. long: staminate fls. several on a common peduncle: fr. dull red, large; nutlets strongly 3-ribbed on back. Va. to La.—Hardy.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Alan S. Weakley (April 2008). "Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and Surrounding Areas".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ilex amelanchier M.A. Curtis ex Chapm.: sarvis holly". USDA PLANTS.
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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- w:Ilex amelanchier. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
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