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Ilex decidua Walt.

Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon
Aquifoliaceae (Holly Family)

USDA Symbol: ILDE
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Ilex decidua

Possum-Haw, Winterberry, Deciduous Holly

Aquifoliaceae

Location: On N R.O.W. of Hwy 46, .8 km E of US Hwy 281.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Full sun. Dry, rocky, limestone soil. Dense colony.

Description: Tree, 4 m tall, 8 cm dia, bark silver-gray; twigs glabrous. Leaves fascicied on ends of short spurlike lateral branches (which are alternate), deciduous; young ones membraneous, mature ones firm, pale beneath, petiolate (2+mm), oblanceolate to ovate, 2x4 cm. Flowers not present. Fruit a red, globose drupe, 5+ dia. Stones 4, 4.5+ mm long.

County: Comal
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: Oct 19, 1990
 Specimen number: 403

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0592
 Accession Date: Nov 23, 1993
 Accession Number: 44

Annotations: Originally identified as found in Bexar county. DXFXC (pistillate)(in fruit)

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