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+|familia=Aquifoliaceae
+|genus=Ilex
+|species=amelanchier
+|common_name=Swamp Holly
+|habit=shrub
+|lifespan=perennial
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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" />
+The dull red berries appear in October to November, and may persist until the following spring.<ref name="weakley" />
+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, Curtis. Fig. 1948. 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. G.F. 2:41 (adapted in Fig. 1948).—Hardy.
+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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