Ilex coriacea
large gallberry, sweet gallberry, bay-gall bush, ink-berry holly
Family
Aquifoliaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
entire
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
oblong, elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate, oval
Growth Form
shrub, tree
Flower Color
white
Flower Petals
6
Flower Month
March - October
Height (meters)
5.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACW
Field Characters
Fruit black
Habitat
Sandy woods, stream banks, pocosins, bays, swamps, low hammocks.