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Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon
Aquifoliaceae (Holly Family)

USDA Symbol: ILDE
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Location: E of Creek, 600' S of wooden bridge. Oakwell Farms
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: In shade of Quercus & Ulmus, beside intermittent creek. Alkaline, alluvial soil

Description: Small thicket of plants about 12' tall. Small, white, 4-petaled flowers, singly on pedicels, fascicled in the axils.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar. 27, 1987
Specimen number: 24

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0233
Accession Date: July 17, 1992
Accession Number: 6

Annotations: DSXXB, Ilex vomitaria Soland. in AIT. Dioecious/ staminate Harry Cliffe, Sept. 11, 1994