Possum Haw Holly

Ilex decidua

Size: 3 Gallon Availability

Tree
Max size: 20’ tall x 10’ wide
Average size: 20′ tall x 10′ wide

Very Moist, Usually Moist
Muck, Sand
Sun, Part Shade
No Salt Tolerance

AKA: Swamp Holly, Deciduous Holly, Prairie Holly, Winterberry

This deciduous tree blooms in the spring with white flowers. It produces many red berries that persist through winter. They are inedible to humans but are eaten by a wide variety of birds. It makes a great understory tree in the floodplains, and provides winter color. It is dioecious, so to have fruit produced, there needs to be a male and female tree. They are pollinated by bees.