Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Aquifoliales > Aquifoliaceae > Ilex > Ilex deciduaIlex decidua (possumhaw)Synonyms: Ilex aestivalis; Ilex berberidifolia; Ilex curtissii; Ilex decidua var. curtissii; Ilex decidua var. decidua; Ilex decidua var. urbana; Ilex prinoides; Ilex prionites; Ilex tenuifolia; Prinos deciduus (homotypic); Prinos deciduus var. aestivalis Ilex decidua (meadow holly, also called "possumhaw", "deciduous holly" or "swamp holly") is a species of holly native to the United States. |
| Bloom Period [1] | Spring | | Drought Tolerance [1] | Medium | | Fire Tolerance [1] | High | | Frost Free Days [1] | 5 months 10 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [1] | High | | Fruit/Seed Begin [1] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [1] | Fall | | Growth Form [1] | Multiple Stem | | Growth Period [1] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [1] | Rapid | | Hazards [1] | Slight Toxicity | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Propagation [1] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [1] | 12 inches (30 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [1] | Rapid | | Seed Vigor [1] | High | | Shape/Orientation [1] | Erect | | Structure [2] | Tree | | Vegetative Spread Rate [1] | Moderate |  | | Flower Color [1] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [1] | Dark Green | | Fruit Color [1] | Red | | | Fruit Conspicuous [1] | Yes | | | Height [1] | 33 feet (10.1 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°) | | Light Preference [1] | Mostly Shady | | Soil Acidity [1] | Very Acid | | Soil Fertility [1] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate | | | Screening - Summer [1] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [1] | Moderate |
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IUCN Category |
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Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
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Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area |
V |
120283 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
66133 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield |
III |
560 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve |
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7585 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve |
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306 |
Georgia, United States |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
III |
1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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Shiloh National Military Park |
III |
4061 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
25823 |
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 4Sylvilagus aquaticus, Joseph A. Chapman and George A. Feldhamer, Mammalian Species No. 151, pp. 1-4 (1981) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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