gallberry
Ilex glabra
Ilex glabra (; EYE-leks GLAY-bruh), also known as Appalachian tea, evergreen winterberry, Canadian winterberry, gallberry, inkberry, dye-leaves and houx galbre, is a species of evergreen holly native to the coastal plain of eastern North America, from coastal Nova Scotia to Florida and west to Louisiana where it is most commonly found in sandy woods and peripheries of swamps and bogs. Ilex glabra is often found in landscapes of the middle and lower East Coast of the United States. It normally is cultivated as an evergreen shrub in USDA zones 6 to 10.
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Description
Ilex glabra grows around five to ten feet (1.5 to 3.0 m) in height and can be five to eight feet (1.5 to 2.4 m) wide. The leaves are smooth, about 0.5 inches (13 mm) wide, glossy, and dark green. The flowers are green-white while the fruits are black.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129347.