Possumhaw (deciduous holly)
NativeIlex decidua
Holly (Aquifoliaceae) · Small tree · 10–25 ft
Knowing it
Bare gray branches loaded with red berries all winter. Wet bottoms and stream edges across the southern half.
What a tree company sees
Small shrubby tree; no concerns.
Recorded in 49 counties
- Barry County
- Bates County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Butler County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Christian County
- Cole County
- Dade County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Greene County
- Henry County
- Howell County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Mississippi County
- Montgomery County
- New Madrid County
- Osage County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Ralls County
- Ripley County
- Scott County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.