Clustered Holly vs mountain winterberry

Ilex aggregata compared with Ilex montana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clustered Holly	mountain winterberry
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family same	Aquifoliaceae	Aquifoliaceae
Genus same	Ilex	Ilex
Species	Ilex aggregata	Ilex montana

Evolutionary Relationship

Clustered Holly and mountain winterberry share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Ilex.

Conservation Status

Clustered Holly

LC — Least Concern

mountain winterberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clustered Holly	mountain winterberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clustered Holly

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

mountain winterberry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Clustered Holly

Ilex aggregata is a holly in the family Aquifoliaceae. The genus Ilex is the largest genus in its family, comprising approximately 600 species distributed across tropical and subtropical regions of all continents except Antarctica and Australia, with diversity centers in South America and Asia. I. aggregata appears to be a South American or neotropical species, consistent with the high diversity of the genus in that region. Hollies are evergreen or deciduous shrubs and trees with typically leathery, often spiny leaves. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants, and produce characteristic fleshy drupes (berries) that are often red, orange, or black when ripe, providing food for birds and other frugivores that disperse the seeds. Many Ilex species are adapted to forest understory, forest margins, and montane habitats. Holly berries and leaves are generally toxic to mammals, though consumed by certain birds. I. aggregata is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN. Detailed habitat and distribution data for this species are limited in publicly available records.