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Ilex rugosa, the tsuru holly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aquifoliaceae, native to southern Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands in Russia, and to eight mountain summits in Japan.
One of the most prominent predators is the blue tit Parus caeruleus, which leaves a characteristic V-shaped tear in the leaf. [14] A 1983 study rejected the hypothesis that less-prickly holly leaves suffered a higher predation rate by tits. [14] V-shaped hole showing bird predation of P. ilicis
Ilex opaca, the American holly, is a species of holly, native to the eastern and south-central United States, from coastal Massachusetts south to central Florida, and west to southeastern Missouri and eastern Texas.
Problems that started after Mount Holly installed new water meters caused some residents to get water bills more than three times their usual amount.
Holly – more specifically the European holly, Ilex aquifolium – is commonly referenced at Christmas time, and is often referred to by the name Christ's thorn. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] In many Western Christian cultures, holly is a traditional Christmas decoration , [ 46 ] used especially in wreaths and illustrations, for instance on Christmas cards .
Holly was a typical representative species of this biome, where many current species of the genus Ilex were present. With the drying of the Mediterranean Basin during the Pliocene, the laurel forests gradually retreated, replaced by more drought-tolerant sclerophyll plant communities. The modern Ilex aquifolium resulted from this change.
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