(Download) Ilex Glabra Leaves
Ilex glabra also known as appalachian tea dye leaves evergreen winterberry gallberry and inkberry is a species of evergreen holly native to the coastal plain of eastern north america from coastal nova scotia to florida and west to louisiana where it is most commonly found in sandy woods and peripheries of swamps and bogs.
Ilex glabra leaves. It maintains good branching right to the ground so it never looks bare legged. Ilex glabra commonly called inkberry or gallberry is a slow growing upright rounded stoloniferous broadleaf evergreen shrub in the holly family. Ilex glabra shamrock inkberry is an evergreen stoloniferous shrub of compact rounded habit with a slender foliage of thick spineless dark green leaves. Ilex glabra commonly called inkberry or gallberry is a slow growing upright rounded stoloniferous broadleaf evergreen shrub in the holly family. It typically matures to 5 10 tall and can spread by root suckers to form colonies. Ilex glabra gem box inkberry is a dwarf broadleaf evergreen of compact rounded habit with a lush foliage of small dainty dark green leaves adorned with attractive red tips during the spring flush. If you are not normally fond of prickly holly leaves inkberry may be the holly for you.
The species epithet gabra means smooth referring to the plant s smooth leaves which are quite different than the prickly leaves of more common hollies. It typically matures to 5 8 tall and can spread by root suckers to form colonies. Black leaves on an inkberry attracting birds with its dark berries the inkberry ilex glabra grows up to 10 feet in u s. It differs from all other evergreen hollies by lacking spines on the leaves. The taxonomical name ilex gabra features the genus name ilex meaning oak this is probably a reference to the similarity of the leaves to those of the holly oak quercus ilex. While the berries aren t edible for humans many birds and small animals are fond of them in the winter. Ilex glabra or inkberry holly is a colonial evergreen shrub with an erect but rounded form 8 10 feet high.
In late spring to early summer it produces abundant small greenish white flowers that are followed by a profusion of dark blue black berries in fall. Inkberry holly shrubs ilex glabra also known as gallberry shrubs are native to the southeastern united states these attractive plants fill a number of landscaping uses from shorter hedges to tall specimen plantings.