Please help me identify this tree with red berries

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  1. Carnby

    Carnby Active Member 10 Years

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    I would like to know the name of this nice small tree.

    The pic was taken in Cutigliano, Tuscany, at 877 metres above the sea level.

    Thanks in advance.
     

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    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Image has just appeared.
    It looks like Ilex sp. Common name Holly.
     
  4. Carnby

    Carnby Active Member 10 Years

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    Thanks, I was mislead by its leaves: usually they have leaves with spines. I found a cultivar , 'J.C. van Tol', that might match the one I posted.
     
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    I think this may be Heteromeles arbutifolia
    Toyon...that would make more sense if you saw this in tuscany. It is a native tree here in California which is also a mediterranean climate.
     
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    I concur with kickybc
     
  7. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Common (English) holly. Non-prickly leaves are frequent on older growth, the spines being a protection from browsers displayed by seedlings and sprouts near the ground or trunk. Vegetatively propagated cultivars vary in spininess.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Ditto to Holly Ilex aquifolium.

    Toyon has its berries in corymbs (stalked clusters), not tightly along the shoots like this.
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Yes: Heteromeles is a very different rose family tree similar to Photinia, with serrated leaves and terminal inflorescences.
     

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