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Ilex glabra, also known as Appalachian tea, dye-leaves, evergreen winterberry, gallberry, and inkberry, is a species of evergreen holly native to the coastal plain of eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida to Louisiana where it is most commonly found in sandy woods and peripheries of swamps and bogs. It typically matures to 5-8’ tall, and can spread by root suckers to form colonies. It normally is cultivated as a shrub in USDA zones 6..

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• iNat taxon page
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• eFloras.org
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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• USDA PLANTS database
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