AQUIFOLIACEAE - - Holly Family

Ilex decidua Walter — Possum-haw

Possum-haw or Deciduous Holly (Ilex decidua) - Shrub, or small tree 10 m. tall, the twigs glabrous or nearly so; leaf-blades thickish, spatulate, oblanceolate, or nearly elliptic, 2—6 cm. long, obtuse or retuse at the apex, crenate-serrate, dark-green and glabrous above, paler and usually pubescent beneath; staminate calyx 2.5—3 mm. wide; staminate corolla 4.5—6 mm. wide; drupe globose 7—9 mm. in diameter, orange or nearly scarlet.

Habitat:

Floodplain forests, less commonly on mesic (or even dry), upland slopes.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Ilex decidua (Possum-haw)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Ilex decidua (Possum-haw)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.