OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ilex mucronata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex mucronata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ilex mucronata

Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Nemopanthus mucronatus

 

COMMON NAME:
 Catberry, Nemopanthus

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image of Ilex mucronata, Catberry, Nemopanthus

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_nemu2_001_lvd

        

image of Ilex mucronata, Catberry, Nemopanthus

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_nemu2_002_lhd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ilex mucronata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex mucronata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Ilex mucronata

Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Nemopanthus mucronatus

 

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4216

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Polygamo-dioecious [mostly dioecious, but with some bisexual flowers]

Habitat: bogs, sedge meadows, high elevation glades, and moist, high-elevation forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire or nearly so

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
4-5 merous
4-5 petals
4-5 stamens
Unisexual or bisexual

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Drupe

 

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