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Ilex verticillata, the 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. [3] [4] Other names that have been used include black alder, [5] [6] Canada holly, [5] coralberry, [6] fever bush, [7] Michigan holly, [6] or ...
Ilex subg. Ilex, with the rest of the species; The genus is widespread throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes species of trees, shrubs, and climbers, with evergreen or deciduous foliage and inconspicuous flowers. Its range was more extended in the Tertiary period and many species are adapted to laurel forest ...
Blue ash is a medium sized deciduous tree typically reaching a height of 10–25 m (33–82 ft) with a trunk 50–100 cm (20–39 in) in diameter. The twigs typically have four corky ridges, a distinctive feature giving them a square appearance (in cross-section), hence the species name, quadrangulata, meaning four-angled.
Ilex opaca Aiton [1]: 180–181 American Holly: Common state-wide Least Concern: Aquifoliaceae: Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray [1]: 181 Common Winterberry: Blue Ridge Mountains and Piedmont: Least Concern: Aquifoliaceae: Ilex vomitoria Aiton [1]: 181–182 Yaupon: Outer Coastal Plain: Least Concern: Celastraceae: Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. [1 ...
Ilex abscondita Steyerm. Ilex aculeolata Nakai; Ilex acutidenticulata Steyerm. Ilex affinis Gardner; Ilex aggregata (Ruiz & Pav.) Loes. Ilex alternifolia (Zoll. & Moritzi) Loes. Ilex altiplana Steyerm. Ilex amazonensis Edwin; Ilex ambigua (Michx.) Torr. Ilex amelanchier M.A.Curtis ex Chapm. Ilex amplifolia Rusby; Ilex amygdalina Reissek ex Loes ...
Winterberry – Ilex verticillata. American winterberry – Ilex verticillata; Evergreen winterberry – Ilex glabra; Virginia winterberry – Ilex verticillata; Wintercress – Barbarea vulgaris. Early wintercress – Barbarea verna; Woodbine – Clematis virginiana; Woolly morning glory – Argyreia nervosa; Wormwood
The leaves are also burnt by many Native American tribes, with the smoke used in different purification rituals. [111] A study performed at the University of Arizona in 1991 demonstrated that Salvia apiana has potential antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus , Bacillus subtilis , Klebsiella pneumoniae , and Candida brassicae .
Other plants in the habitat include American winterberry (Ilex verticillata), blue skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), dogbane (Apocynum sp.), swamp rose (Rosa palustris), lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), red maple (Acer rubrum), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), white oak (Quercus alba), eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), yellow water ...