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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Ilex |
| Species: | I. verticillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ilex verticillata | |
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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.[3][4]
Other names that have been used include black alder,[5][6] Canada holly,[5] coralberry,[6] fever bush,[7] Michigan holly,[6] or winterberry holly.[3]
The species occurs particularly in wetland habitats, but also on dry sand dunes and grassland. The berries are an important food resource for some species of bird, among them the American robin.[8]
- ^ Stritch, L. (2018). "Ilex verticillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T122927488A122927624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T122927488A122927624.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer". Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ilex verticillata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Ilex verticillata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Ilex verticillata (common winterberry)". Nova Scotia Wild Flora. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
- ^ a b c Christman, Steve (2005). "Ilex verticillata". Floridata. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "Ilex verticillata". Alabama Plant Atlas. Alabama Herbarium Consortium & the University of West Alabama. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ Glenn, Steven D. (2013). "Ilex verticillata". New York Metropolitan Flora Project. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Archived from the original on 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2007-11-27.