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Mountain holly

Ilex mucronata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 87, February 89, March 141, April 277, May 532, June 249, July 326, August 354, September 179, October 146, November 91, December 82.
United States6,663
Canada5,261
Ontario2,231
Maine1,473
New York1,378
Quebec1,285
Nova Scotia1,092
New Hampshire1,033
Michigan737
Vermont630

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHollies and Allies · Aquifoliales
Familyholly family · Aquifoliaceae
Genushollies · Ilex

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