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Photographer: Steve C. Garske
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Family Aquifoliaceae
Ilex verticillata (L.) A.Gray
common winterberry
Ilex: ancient Latin name of the Holly Oak, rather than Holly
verticillata: whorled
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6'-16' tall shrub |
| Flower: | whitish, 6-8-parted, petal edges entire, attached at the base; inflorescence of several flowers in a cluster from the leaf axils; blooms May-Ju |
| Fruit: | red berry, with thick nutlet |
| Leaf: | thin, deciduous, oblong, with sharp teeth |
| Habitat: | wet; swamps, woods |
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