The berries of the yaupon holly are poisonous. A thick understory of yaupon and eastern redcedar occurs in some parts. He also helped his granddaughters with their Cat Spring Yaupon Tea business strategy. Participants drank a tea made from the Yaupon Holly from conch shell cups. Live Oak and Yaupon Holly trees bordering most every fairway. Smaller trees and shrubs include American beautyberry, dogwood, sassafras, yaupon, hawthorn, greenbriar and Alabama supplejack. Adam Edwards and Bradley Bennett tested stems, roots, and leaves of the yaupon. The town was named for the abundance of yaupon near the original town site. Yaupon Beach was incorporated as a town in 1955. Plants included in the design were cabbage palms, kumquats, marigolds, yaupon holly, and Burfordi holly. By 1960, it was extended southeast to Yaupon Beach, on Oak Island. Yaupon Beach and Shallotte also had similar reports of unroofed homes. Kuding ("Ilex kaushue"), Yaupon ("I. vomitoria") and others. A well-developed understory grows beneath the sparse canopy, and includes yaupon holly and flowering dogwood.