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Winterberry Holly

Winterberry Holly

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray

Aquifoliaceae family

A medium-sized shrub commonly growing in wet sites whose alternate bluntly-toothed leaves turn yellow with green spots (occasionally reddish too) in late October. Its red berries remain conspicuously on the plant into the winter.