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Ilex aquifolium L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Ilex L. (モチノキ)
Seiyouhiiragi (セイヨウヒイラギ, 西洋柊), common holly, English holly, European holly, or Christmas holly
Life form: evergreen short tree
Distribution: West Asia - Europe
Habitat: pioneer establishing various habitats, represented by forest gaps and post-cliearcuts
Leaf: dimorphic, alternate ↔ Osmanthus heterophyllus: opposite
Fruit (berry): red ↔ O. heterophyllus: black

containing alkaloids, caffeine and theobromine

Seed dispersal: animal
Use: gardening, Christmas tree → many cultivars
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Ilex aquifolium in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (小石川植物園), the University of Tokyo, on March 16 2017.

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