dahoon

Ilex cassine

Summary 2

Ilex cassine is a holly native to the southeastern coast of North America, in the United States from Virginia to southeast Texas, in Mexico in Veracruz, and in the Caribbean on the Bahamas, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. It is commonly known as dahoon holly or cassena, the latter derived from the Timucua name for I. vomitoria.

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  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_cassine

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iNat Map

Form shrub, tree
Fruit type Drupe
Fruit color Red
Fruit season Fall
Leaf arrangement Alternate
Simple/compound Simple
Evergreen or deciduous Evergreen
Leaf margin Entire
Leaf margin Few teeth
Flower color green, white
Bloom time Spring, Summer