Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ilex decidua
Ilex decidua Walter
Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry
Aquifoliaceae (Holly Family)
USDA Symbol: ILDEUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ilex decidua
Possum-Haw
Aquifoliaceae
Location: E of Creek, 600' S of wooden bridge. Oakwell FarmsLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In shade of Quercus & Ulmus, beside intermittent creek. Alkaline, alluvial soil
Description: Small thicket of plants about 12' tall. Small, white, 4-petaled flowers, singly on pedicels, fascicled in the axils.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar. 27, 1987
Specimen number: 24
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0233
Accession Date: July 17, 1992
Accession Number: 6
Annotations: DSXXB,
Ilex vomitaria Soland. in AIT. Dioecious/ staminate
Harry Cliffe, Sept. 11, 1994