Ilex cassine

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Florida native Holly is a wetland shrub or small tree found throughout Florida, southeastern U.S. coastal plain, Bahamas, and Cuba. In warm winter areas Ilex cassine is evergreen but tends to shed its foliage in colder climates.

In the winter, female trees are covered with bright red or yellow berries.

Similar plants:

• Ilex aquifolium (European Holly )
• Ilex cornuta (Chinese Holly, Horned Holly)
• Ilex opaca (American Holly )
• Ilex paraguariensis (Yerba Mate)
• Ilex pernyi (Perney's Holly)
• Ilex verticillata (American Winterberry, Coralberry)
• Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly)