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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 19 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Limesink (doline) ponds, pocosins, wet pine savannas
Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yaupon Holly, Yaupon
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Maritime forests, other dry sandy forests
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: 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: Suwanee Possumhaw, Curtiss's Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ilex curtissii FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Ilex decidua FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: Floodplains and moist forests in the Suwanee River drainage
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Holly, Chapman's Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: Upland forests
Uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cuthbert Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ilex cuthbertii FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex cuthbertii FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (PRESUMED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ilex decidua var. longipes 112-01-004b? FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: Upland circumneutral woodlands and forests
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Long-stalked Holly, Cherry Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ilex collina FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex collina FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: 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
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Sarvis Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Banks of blackwater creeks and rivers, clay-based Carolina bays, other pine flatwoods ponds with seasonally flooded hydrology
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) 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
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Mesic forests, rarely bogs or bog edges
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Pocosins, other wet, acidic sites, such as in small blackwater stream swamps
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Inkberry, Bitter Gallberry, Little Gallberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: 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: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Pocosins, more restricted to wet, peaty sites than I. glabra
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Catberry, Nemopanthus
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ilex mucronata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex mucronata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: Bogs, sedge meadows, high elevation glades, and moist, high-elevation forests
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Chinese Holly, Burford Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ilex cornuta FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex cornuta FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: Escaped into forests in (primarily) suburban and urban areas, but certain to become more ubiquitous and increasingly in natural areas
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Japanese Holly
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ilex crenata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ilex crenata FAMILY: Aquifoliaceae
Habitat: Planted as a landscaping shrub, escaped into forests in suburban areas
Rare
Non-native: Japan
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