Winterberry
Scientific Name:Ilex verticillata


NOTES: Unlike other familiar holly shrubs, Winterberry is a deciduous shrub rather than an evergreen. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants).

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Winterberry
Genus species: Ilex verticillata
Common Name: Winterberry
Family Name: Aquifoliaceae  
Shrubs or trees, deciduous or evergreen; flowers mostly unisexual (plants usually dioecious), regular, in axillary clusters; fruit a drupe, attracting songbirds, especially robins, catbirds, bluejays, bluebirds, thrushes, and mockingbirds.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Shrub
Flower Color:White
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:A. Swanson