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Common Winterberry - Ilex verticillata A deciduous shrub with glossy, green leaves. The fruits are green in the summer, and then turn red in the winter and grow in drupes.<br /> <br /> The berries provide critical food for birds in winter, and the shrubs provide cover for nesting during summer.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Mixed forest Geotagged,Ilex verticillata,Summer,United States,Winterberry Click/tap to enlarge

Common Winterberry - Ilex verticillata

A deciduous shrub with glossy, green leaves. The fruits are green in the summer, and then turn red in the winter and grow in drupes.

The berries provide critical food for birds in winter, and the shrubs provide cover for nesting during summer.

Habitat: Mixed forest

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The Winterberry

"Ilex verticillata", the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama.

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Similar species: Aquifoliales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Dec 9, 2019. Captured Aug 4, 2019 10:00 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.