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Ilex mucronata

Catberry · Catberry Holly · Mountain Holly

Family AquifoliaceaeGenus Ilex

Round red berries on long thin stalks hanging below a twig with oval green leaves
FruitDouglas GoldmanCC BY-SA 4.0
A line drawing of a leafy twig hung with round stalked berries, beside an opened flower
IllustrationBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 490. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc.Public domain

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
treePlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Shrub, TreePLANTS Database
Flower
Whitish, greenish-yellowWikipedia
Native range
Canada, lower 48 states, St. Pierre and MiquelonPLANTS Database

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

50% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Nemopanthus p. 60Public domain
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Nemopanthus (Aquafoliaceae). N. mucronatus germ. 4/8 at 70 after two years of 3 m cycles alternating between 70 and 40. Light had no effect
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Nemopanthus p. 60. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

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