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Ilex serrata, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
(c) Mizuki Shimoda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mizuki Shimoda · CC BY-NC
#722 most planted

Ilex serrata

Japanese winterberry

Evergreen
567
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
2
cities
20 in
median trunk (50 cm, 16 measured)

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Ilex serrata is an evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching up to 4.5 meters, native to Japan. It features ovate dark green leaves, pink flowers, and vibrant red berries on female plants.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Tokyo · Japan
    553—3.3 in
  2. Boston · United States
    1417 yr20 in

Traits

Foliage
Evergreen
Mature height
14.8 ft
Sun
Full sun, Part shade

Trunk diameters across every city: median 20 in, mean 18 in, 90th percentile 20 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Other Ilex in the catalogue

17 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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