Ilex verticillata

Bright red berries add color to the winter landscape

Ilex verticillata winterberry

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA

Common in swamps, bogs, wet woods and moist shores.

Present throughout the state.

Wetland codes
EMP: FACW
NCNE: FACW



Flowers mid May to June.

Fruits October to winter.

S-rank:  S5 (Secure)
G-rank:  G5 (Secure)

Ilex verticillata winterberry

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA
Ilex verticillata gallery
Plant Life-Form
deciduous shrub
Common Names
winterberry winterberry holly