2 round, opposing leaves, with central red berry 5-7mm in diameter. Flavor of the berry is faint mint.
Winterberry, the morning of the first snow of the winter. Leafless for winter, bright red berries all over upper 1/4 of shrub.
Note serrated leaves with little tiny bristles on points. Open Cedar swamp.
Ilex verticillata (American Winterberry) is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama.
