Ilex L.
Holly
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Holly (Ilex) · 4/10/2011 · USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland · ≈ 9 × 7″ (23 × 17 cm) 
Species not yet identified 
Holly (Ilex) · 3/2/2011 · North Central Railroad Trail, Gunpowder Falls State Park, Baltimore, Maryland · ≈ 6 × 9″ (15 × 23 cm) Species not yet identified 
Holly (Ilex) · 4/10/2011 · USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 17 cm) Species not yet identified 
Holly (Ilex) · 11/7/2009 · New Bedford, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm) Species not yet identified 
Holly (Ilex) · A cultivar. · 9/10/2011 · Ellen and Rod’s, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 27 cm) Species not yet identified 
Holly (Ilex) · A cultivar. · 9/10/2011 · Ellen and Rod’s, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm) Species not yet identified 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Aquifoliales | Hollies and some fairly obscure genera |
| Family | Aquifoliaceae | Holly family |
| Genus | Ilex | Latin for “holly oak” (rather than holly!) |
Ilex description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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