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American holly (Ilex opaca) is a small to medium evergreen tree in the family Aquifoliaceae, with red berriesThis article is about the fruit. For other meanings, please see Berry (disambiguation). In botany, a berry is the most common type of simple fleshy fruit one in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp . The ovary is always superior in t that persist into winter. It is native to the eastern and central United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in. The berries are reputedly poisonous to humans, but are important survival food for birds, who will eat the berries after other food sources are exhausted. The tree also forms a thick canopy which offers protection for birds from predatorThis snapping turtle is trying to make a mealof a Canada goose, but the goose is too wary. A predator is an animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms for food in an act called predation . Most predators are carnivores. Some predators as and storms. SongbirdA songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Oscines of Passeriformes (ca. 4000 species), in which the vocal organ is developed in such a way as to produce various sound notes. Songbirds evolved about 50 million years ago in the western part of Gondwanas including thrushThe word thrush can mean more than one thing: Thrush is the common name for the bird family Turdidae. Thrush is also the common name for the fungal infection candidiasis or candida. THRUSH is a fictional criminal organization in The Man From U.es, mockingbirdMockingbirds Northern Mockingbird : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes Mimidae Genera Melanotis Mimodes Mimus Nesomimus Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best known for their habit of mimicking the songs of other birds, often ls, catbirdGray Catbird : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Mimidae Dumetella carolinensis Binomial name ''Dumetella carolinensis Linnaeus, 1766) The Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis is a medium-sized perching bird of the Mimid family, the only members, bluebirds and thrashers are frequent feeders on the berries.

American holly is dioecious, meaning there are male plants with only male blossoms, and female plants with only female blossoms. One male can pollenize several females, but berries will not set without pollen from the male. Bees are also required, as wind pollination is negligeable.

American holly is often planted as an ornamental tree and is a popular Christmas decoration.