holly

Ilex aquifolium

• Evergreen shrub or small tree
   
• Grows up to 10m tall
   
• Numerous garden varieties
   
• Tough, dark green, spiny leaves
   
• Clusters of scarlet red berries

Fruits often stay on the bush overwinter and are popular with birds
 

Where found

May form undergrowth in woods but is also found in woodland edges, hedges and scrub
 

When to look for

The leaves are evergreen

• Ripe fruit from October onwards