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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 17 taxa in the family Aquifoliaceae, Holly family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
American Holly, Christmas Holly
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Ilex opaca FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex opaca var. opaca FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex opaca 112-01-001 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in a wide variety of forests, ranging from xeric to wetland
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dahoon, Cassena, Dahoon Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex cassine FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ilex cassine var. cassine FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex cassine var. cassine 112-01-002a FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in blackwater stream swamps, pocosins, nearly always in very acid peaty or sandy sites
Common (uncommon in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Myrtle Holly, Myrtle-leaved Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex myrtifolia FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex myrtifolia FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia 112-01-002b FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in limesink (doline) ponds, wet savannas
Common, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yaupon Holly, Yaupon
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex vomitoria FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex vomitoria FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex vomitoria 112-01-003 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in maritime forests, other dry sandy forests. Also, it is increasingly popular as an ornamental shrub, and is persistent or establishing in suburban woodlands
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere, where probably introduced)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Ilex decidua FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ilex decidua FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex decidua var. decidua 112-01-004a FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in floodplain forests, less commonly on mesic (or even dry), upland slopes
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Holly, Chapman's Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex longipes FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex longipes FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex decidua var. longipes 112-01-004b FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in upland forests
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Longstalk Holly, Cherry Holly
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Ilex collina FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex collina FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in peats of bogs and seepages, on banks of cold, high elevation streams (less commonly on moist, rocky slopes in northern hardwood forests or mixed spruce-hardwood forests) at moderate to high elevations (1100-1800m)
Rare (a Southern Appalachian endemic)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cuthbert Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex cuthbertii FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex cuthbertii FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in upland circumneutral woodlands and forests
Rare, endemic to an area along the Fall Line in SC & adjacent GA
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Sarvis Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex amelanchier FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex amelanchier FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex amelanchier 112-01-005 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it on banks of blackwater creeks and rivers, clay-based Carolina bays
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex ambigua FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex ambigua FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex ambigua var. ambigua 112-01-006a FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in sandy upland forests, dry slope forests, rarely in pocosin ecotones in the fall-line sandhills region
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Holly, Mountain Winterberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex montana FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex montana FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex ambigua var. montana 112-01-006b FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in mesic forests, rarely bogs or bog edges
Common in Mtns (uncommon or rare in Pdmt), essentially endemic to Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Downy Winterberry, Black-alder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex verticillata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex verticillata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex verticillata 112-01-007 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in bogs, pocosins, swampy forests
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Winterberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex laevigata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex laevigata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex laevigata 112-01-008 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in pocosins, other wet, acidic sites, such as in small blackwater stream swamps
Common
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Inkberry, Bitter Gallberry, Little Gallberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex glabra FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex glabra FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex glabra 112-01-009 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin margins, swamps, primarily in wetlands, but extending upslope even into sandhills, with a clay lens or spodic horizon below to maintain additional moisture
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sweet Gallberry, Big Gallberry, Large Gallberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex coriacea FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex coriacea FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex coriacea 112-01-010 FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it pocosins. This is more restricted to wet, peaty sites than is Ilex glabra
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Pdmt), endemic to Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Chinese Holly, Burford Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex cornuta FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex cornuta FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in forests in suburban areas, into which it has escaped from suburban plantings
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Japanese Holly
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ilex crenata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex crenata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Look for it in forests in suburban areas, into which it has escaped from landscaping
Rare
Non-native: Japan
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