| Common Name: | English holly |
| Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Ilex |
| Species: | aquifolium |
| Classification/Rank: | Very Invasive |
| Method of Transportation: | |
| Habitat/Range: | • reported sites confined to Vancouver and Fraser Valley. • can dominate the tall shrub layer in the forest. • used in gardens and cultivate for Christmas trade |
• perennial shrub or small tree that grows 2 to 5m tall
• stems are erect, branched; branchlets minute-hairy
• leaves are egg shaped, entire to lobed, often with stiff spine-like teeth, shiny, evergreen, leathery
• flowers are dull white
• fruits are round, smooth, red berries found in clusters
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