AQUIFOLIACEAE - - Holly Family

Ilex montana Torrey & A. Gray ex A. Gray — Mountain Holly

Mountain Holly (Ilex montana) - Shrub, or tree 12 m. tall, with glabrous twigs; leaf-blades thinnish, elliptic to oval, varying to broadest above or below the middle, 6—20 cm. long, acuminate, serrate, deep-green above, paler beneath, glabrous except on the nerves; staminate calyx 3—4 mm. wide; staminate corolla 4—5 mm. wide; drupe globose, about 1 cm. in diameter, bright-scarlet.

Habitat:

Mesic forests, rarely bogs or bog edges.

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

The range of Ilex montana (Mountain Holly)

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 montana (Mountain Holly)

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/.