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+|familia=Aquifoliaceae
+|genus=Ilex
+|species=decidua
+|taxo_author=Walt.
+|common_name=Possumhaw
+|lifespan=perennial
+|features=evergreen
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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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'']]
+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. S.S. 1:49. G.C. II. 14:689.
+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==
+<gallery perrow=5>
+File:Ilex decidua berries.jpg|''Ilex decidua'' with red "berries"
+Image:Upload.png| photo 1
+Image:Upload.png| photo 2
+Image:Upload.png| photo 3
+</gallery>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
+<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
+<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
+<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
+==External links==
+*{{wplink}}
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