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''Ilex montana'', the Mountain Winterberry (or "Mountain Holly" which is more typically ''Ilex mucronata''), is a species of holly native to the Eastern United States, ranging along the Appalachian Mountains from southeast Massachusetts to northeast Alabama and northern Georgia. Synonyms include ''Ilex monticola''.〔(USDA: ''Ilex montana'' )〕 ==Description== ''Ilex montana'' is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to tall. The leaves are 3–9 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, light green, ovate or oblong, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base and acute at apex, with a serrated margin and an acuminate apex; they do not suggest the popular idea of a holly, with no spines or bristles. The leaves turn yellow before dropping in late autumn.〔(Tree Trail article on Ilex montana )〕 The flowers are 4–5 mm diameter, with a four-lobed white corolla, appearing in late spring when the leaves are more than half grown. The fruit is a spherical bright red drupe 8–10 mm diameter, containing four seeds.〔Brooklyn Botanic Garden: (''Ilex montana'' )〕〔Krakow, G. (1989). Key to Ilex (page 152), in Leonard E. Foote & Samuel B. Jones ''Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast''.〕 ;Taxonomy It is treated by some botanists as a variety of the related ''Ilex ambigua'' (Sand Holly), as ''I. ambigua'' var. ''monticola'';〔Institute for Systematic Botany (Florida): (''Ilex ambigua'' var. ''montana'' )〕 the two are sometimes mistaken for each other in the U.S. southeastern coastal plain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ilex montana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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