Ilex glabra

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Ilex glabra
Ilex glabra

Ilex glabra

Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Euasterids II
Order : Holly (aquifoliales)
Family : Holly family (Aquifoliaceae)
Genre : Holly ( Ilex )
Type : Ilex glabra
Scientific name
Ilex glabra
( L. ) Gray

Ilex glabra , also known as bald winter berry and inkberry, is a species of the holly genus( Ilex ) within the holly family(Aquifoliaceae). It is in the coastal plains of eastern North America from Nova Scotia as far as Florida and westward as far as Louisiana common and there english Appalachian tea, dye-leaves, evergreen winterberry, gallberry, inkberry called.

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Vegetative characteristics

Ilex glabra grows as an evergreen shrub and reaches stature heights of 5 ft (2 m) to 8 ft (2 m). Vegetatively it spreads through root runners and thus forms colonies.

The alternate leaves arranged on the branches are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The hornless, flat, glossy, and dark green leaf blade is ovate to elliptical, up to 1.5 in (38.1 mm) in length. The leaf margins are smooth with several prominent teeth near the top. In winter, the leaves usually remain attractive dark green as long as the temperature does not drop below −17 ° C.

Generative characteristics

The flowers are greenish white. The male flowers are grouped in gold-like inflorescences. The female flowers are in gold-like inflorescences or individually. They appear in the spring, but are relatively inconspicuous.

The (mm 9.5) with diameters of 0.375 in pea-sized, deep-black when ripe, berry-like stone fruits ripen in early fall and spend the winter to early spring at the plant, unless they are eaten by birds.

etymology

The botanical genus name Ilex actually means oak and refers to the similarity of the leaves with the oak species Quercus ilex ( English holly oak ) found in the Mediterranean region . The specific epithet glabra refers to the smooth surface of the leaves.

Occurrence

Ilex glabra is often found in the central and southern areas of the US east coast. Ilex glabra grows most often in sandy forests and on the periphery of bogs and breaks .

Foliage leaves of the 'Compacta' variety

use

Usually, Ilex glabra is grown as an evergreen shrub in USDA zones 6 through 10.

The cultivars (for example 'Shamrock') usually have a more suitable growth form (more compact, less open, less gakelig and spreading) than the wild forms.

honey

The honey obtained from Ilex glabra ( English Gallberry Honey ) is highly valued. It is produced locally in various areas of the southeastern United States, where beekeepers let their bees fly from late April to early June at the same time the plants are in bloom.

drink

The dried and roasted leaves of Ilex glabra were first used by the indigenous people to prepare a drink similar to black tea. Hence the common English name “Appalachian tea” for Ilex glabra .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ilex glabra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Ilex glabra . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Ilex glabra . In: Plant Finder . Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  4. ↑ Ilex glabra - Inkberry - Aquifoliaceae . University of Connecticut. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  5. ^ Cloud Katherine Mallet-Prevost: IX: Cultural Instructions . In: The Cultivation of Shrubs . Dodd, Mead & Company, 1927.
  6. ↑ Gallberry Honey - Ilex glabra . SlowFood USA. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

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