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Ilex verticillata



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Ilex verticillata
Common winterberry

The young stems are reddish brown with raised small gray lenticels. An onion-skin appearance often occurs on young stems. In the second year, the stems turn grayish brown. From a distance the stems are distinctly darker and more brown than the light gray stems of Ilex decidua. The branch tips are often enlarged or swollen. Numerous short fruit pedicels persist on female plants. The

 
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