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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nances, Willows, and Allies
  6. Willows and Poplars
  7. Brushhollies

genus

Brushhollies

Xylosma

Traits
Includes
1 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Brush Holly native
  • Xylosma spiculifera
  • Shiny Xylosma introduced
  • Xylosma venosa
  • Maua native
  • Shake Hand Tree
  • Mucha-gente native
  • Xylosma nelsonii
  • Sawtooth Logwood native
  • Schwaneck's Logwood
  • Spiny Logwood
  • White Logwood

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native brushhollies All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Brush Holly Xylosma flexuosa caterpillars 1 food 9 flowers 1
  • Maua Xylosma hawaiensis
  • Sawtooth Logwood Xylosma crenata
  • Mucha-gente Xylosma buxifolia

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