Question: Hi there, I'm from Middlesex county, and I have seen Ilex opaca in a number of undisturbed forests as well …
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Question
Hi there, I'm from Middlesex county, and I have seen Ilex opaca in a number of undisturbed forests as well as some forest fragments, however, I see that it is not listed as occurring in Middlesex county on Bonap data. The following individual is from the Hop Brook Natural Area in Framingham, where there are a couple of flowering individuals scattered throughout the red maple swamp, and which is the northernmost population I have found.
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Dear Lucian, good afternoon and thank you for the report. These do appear to be Ilex opaca (as you determined). I will edit the county-level distribution map on Go Botany based on your sighting. Thank you again for providing this record.
