Ilex decidua
Possum Haw, Winterberry
Used to decorate many a home in winter, these are perhaps the most popular of all ornamental berry plants. Their showy berries often last for several months and attract birds.
Ilex decidua
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Possumhaw
Description
Ilex decidua is native to North America including Texas! This plant can be used as a large shrub or small tree when limbed up. In the wild most as seen as multi-stem shrubs.
Ilex decidua
( Red Cascade Possumhaw )
Vigorous, upright, deciduous shrub, native to the Southeast. Small, lustrous green leaves with scalloped margins come in late spring. Profuse, scarlet-red or orange berries add winter interest and attract birds.
USDAFS Additional Silvics - USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Ilex decidua is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. See states reporting deciduous holly (opens a new window).
Ilex decidua
(Possumhaw holly) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Ilex decidua
Deciduous shrub or small tree with spreading crown and bright red berries. Height: 20' (6 m). Diameter: 6" (15 cm).
Possumhaw (Ilex decidua)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis and Cercis occidentalis)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) ...
Bearberry - Ilex decidua
Bear Corn - Veratrum viride
Bindweed
Blue Bindweed - Solanum dulcamara ...
Possumhaw (Ilex decidua): Possumhaw is a deciduous small tree, 6 to 10 feet tall, with dark green, 3-inch leaves and orange to red berries, which last into winter or spring.
Ilex decidua: possumhaw - native to the Southeastern U.S., this plant, with its 1-3 inch lustrous green leaves and bright orange-red fruit, may grow from 10-20 ft. It is hardy in zones 5-9.
Ilex dimorphophylla: Korean holly, Okinawan holly.
Possumhaw (Ilex decidua)
Inkberry (Ilex glabra)
Blue Holly (Ilex x meserveae)
* Amur Privet (Ligustrum amurense)
* Japanese Privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
Oregon Hollygrape (Mahonia aquifolium)
Leatherleaf Mahonia (Mahonia bealei) ...
The unrelated holly, Ilex decidua, is also called possum-haw. Recently, some botanists have taken the viburnums and American elder out of the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae) and placed them in the obscure moschatel family (Adoxacea).
 See also: Ilex, Holly, Green, Orange, Ilex verticillata
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