The red berries are eaten by birds and various mammals and make a great winter diet when other food sources are scarce. Although animals love the berries, they are poisonous to humans.
American Holly in Bloom. These Flowers will then turn to red berries. A favorite of birds.
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 486.
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 486.
