Foster Holly     Information
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Scientific Name:Ilex x attenuata


NOTES: Broadleaf evergreen. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants). It is a cross between I. cassine (dahoon) and I. opaca (American holly).

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Foster Holly
Genus species: Ilex × attenuata
Common Name: Foster Holly
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
Nonnative
Category:Tree
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:J.D. Mancini