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Ilex aquifolium holly, common holly, English holly, European holly, or Christmas holly, is a species of holly native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia. I. aquifolium is the species familiar in Christmas decoration, and is regarded as the type species of the genus Ilex, which by association is also called `holly`. It is a evergreen tree or shrub found, for example, in shady areas of forests of oak and in beech hedges.