AQUIFOLIACEAE - - Holly Family

Ilex longipes Chapman ex Trelease — Georgia Holly

Georgia Holly (Ilex longipes) - Shrub or tree 7 m. tall, with widely spreading branches and glabrous twigs; leaf-blades rather coriaceous, nearly elliptic or oval but broadest slightly above the middle, often abruptly short-acuminate, obtuse or acute, dark-green above, glabrous or nearly so at maturity, crenate-serrate, the teeth often tipped with appressed spine-like bristles; staminate calyx about 2.5 mm. wide; staminate corolla 6—7 mm. wide; drupe globose, red, 7—10 mm. in diameter.

Habitat:

Upland forests.

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

The range of Ilex longipes (Georgia 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 longipes (Georgia 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/.