North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Plant Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

Aquifoliaceae
	Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) Dare Co., NC 3/4/2006 Common in maritime forests along the coast. Also commonly planted throughout the state as a landscape plant. Yaupon Holly is an excellent shrub for wildlife.
	Myrtle Dahoon (Ilex myrtifolia) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006 Also called Myrtle Holly, this plant is uncommon in wet open areas of the NC Coastal Plain.
	Mountain Holly (Ilex montana) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Fairly common in the mountains and into the piedmont; occasional in drier habitats in parts of the coastal plain.
	Mountain Holly (Ilex montana) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Young fruit
	Mountain Holly (Ilex montana) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Bark

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.