Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Ilex crenata Thunb.

Family: Aquifoliaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Ilex curtissii (Fern.) Small, Ilex decidua Walt., Ilex decidua Walt. var. curtissii Fern., Ilex prinoides Aiton

Common names:

Bearberry [Bear-berry] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Buzzard's-berry [Buzzard's berry] (1930, Arkansas) (106)

Curtiss' possum-haw [Curtiss possumhaw] (1942) (155)

Deciduous holly (1913-1986) (3, 4, 5, 97, 106, 122, 124, 156)

Japanese holly (1923-1949) (109, 138)

Meadow holly [Meadow-holly] (1900-1937) (5, 97, 156, 158)

Posum-haw [Possum haw, Possumhaw] (1900-1949) (4, 5, 50, 106, 109, 122, 124, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Privet (1930) (106)

Red-berry (1923) (156)

Swamp holly (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

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