### plant | tracheophyte | tree:

Holly
* All hollies are important winter food sources for songbirds.
* Hollies are also dioecious
  - bands
  - dioecious , meaning that there are male and female plants
  - dioecious, meaning that there are separate male and female plants
* Hollies are dioecious, which means that plants have either male or female flowers
  - the male and female flowers are on separate plants
  - divided into male and female specimens
  - evergreens
  - found across the world
  - horses
  - known more for their berries than their small white flowers
  - mainly dioecious
  - propagated by rooting semi-hardwood or hardwood cuttings
  - so popular that several non-Ilex landscape plants include holly in their common names
  - belong to families
  - can tolerate pollution, maritime conditions and wind
  - come in separate sexes, so both a male and female plant are needed to produce berries
  - grow slowly and often appear to stand still for two or three years
* Hollies have characteristics
  - common characteristics
  - male and female plants, with only the females producing berries
  - red or black berries
* Hollies have separate female and male plants, and only the females can have berries
  - spiny evergreen leaves and red berries on the female trees
  - the advantage of colorful berries in winter
  - thick, lush leaves and the added benefit of waxy red berries
* Hollies includes bark
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - leaf nodes
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - stumps
  - tree branches
  - treetops
  - trunks
  - vacuoles
  - xylem
  - like to be planted full sun and well drained, acidic soils
  - make fine specimens set in lawn, as part of the shrubbery, or topiarised
  - offer a diverse range of plant characteristics
* Hollies prefer moist, well-drained, acid soil high in organic matter
  - slightly acidic soil with moderate fertility
* Hollies produce leaves
  - spiny leaves
  - provide excellent shelter for many species
  - range from small shrubs to medium-sized trees
  - respond well to pruning and make great hedges or geometric shapes
  - show characteristics
* Many hollies tend to turn yellow under the stress of heavy berry production.
* Most hollies are dioecious, with only female plants producing berries
  - native to North America, southern Europe or Asia
* Most hollies have characteristics
* Most hollies prefer a well-drained, slightly acidic soil that is high in organic matter
  - full sun and well-drained, slightly acidic soils
* Most hollies produce leaves
  - require well-drained soil that is rich in organic matter and slightly acid
* Some hollies grow feet
  - into trees
  - have fur
  - produce fruit

Holly tree
* Some holly trees bear female flowers
* to produce fruit.

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | holly:

American holly
* American hollies are common.
* Some american hollies grow into trees.

Evergreen holly
* Evergreen hollies do best in partial shade and a protected site.
* Most evergreen hollies thrive best in full sun.

Horse chestnut
* appears to be the only known cure for varicose veins.
* are also popular slingshot ammunition
  - extremely bitter and inedible
* fairly toxic herb that can cause vomiting and sometimes paralysis.
* have opposite branching and a compound leaf, which is palmate, with five leaflets.
* is one of the better-validated German herbal medications.
* primary astringent, something that tightens tissue.

### plant | tracheophyte | tree | horse chestnut:

Bottlebrush buckeye
* horse chestnut
* is native to Georgia and Alabama.

Individual tree
* are upright in form.
* bloom from two to five times a year.
* can live for a thousand years - if given the chance.
* express dominance early in life.

Infect tree
* Some infect trees die within few years
  - months
  - provide nest sites
* live for years.
* lose leaves.