Ilex verticillata

Common Name: Winterberry

Plant Type: Shrub

Habitat: Wetland

Light Requirements: sun, part sun

Soil Moisture: mesic, wet

Soil Type: All

Height: 6 - 10 ft

Bloom Time: Spring - early summer

Flower Colour: greenish- white

Seed Ripens: fall

Germination Requirements: Seed germinates only after multiple cycles of warm and cold, typically 40° - 70° - 40° - 70°F. Seed needs a period of warm, moist stratification followed by cold stratification and will germinate after being shifted back to warm, for example 70°-40°-70°F.

Details/Comments: Clusters of red berries on female plants

Common Name (Alt): Winterberry Holly

Picture Copyright: Robert H Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database