Georgia Native Plant Society
2010 Symposium Handout

Native Hollies of the Southeast

by Gil Nelson


Common Name Scientific Name Form Range USDA Zone Fruit Color Leaf Retention
Sand Holly
Carolina Holly
Ilex ambigua Shrub NC and TN, south to central FL, west to e TX 7–10 Bright Red Deciduous
Swamp Holly
Sarvis Holly
Ilex amelanchier Shrub
Small tree
NC to n FL, west to e LA 6–9 Dull Red Deciduous
Topal (Topel) Holly Ilex X attenuata Small Tree   6–9 Red Evergreen
Dahoon Ilex cassine Small Tree
Shrub
NC to FL, west to e TX 7–9 Red, rarely yellow Evergreen
Long-stalked Holly Ilex collina Large Shrub WV, VA, NC 5–6 Red Deciduous
Large Gallberry Ilex coriacea Shrub VA to FL, west to TX 7–9 Black Evergreen
Suwannee River Holly Ilex curtissii Small tree
Shrub
GA, FL 7–10 Red Deciduous
Cuthbert Holly Ilex cuthbertii Shrub
Small tree
GA, SC   Red Deciduous
Possumhaw holly Ilex decidua Shrub
Small tree
MD, south to n FL, west to e TX 5–9 Red, rarely yellow Deciduous
Inkberry Ilex glabra Shrub ME, south to FL, west to TX 5–10 Black or White Evergreen
Krug's Holly Ilex krugiana Tree
Large shrub
FL   Black Evergreen
Smooth Winterberry Ilex laevigata Shrub ME, south to SC 4–7 Red Deciduous
Georgia Holly Ilex longipes Shrub
Small tree
NC south to FL, west to e TX 7–9 Bright Red Deciduous
Mountain Winterberry Ilex montana Tree
Large shrub
WV, VA, NC, GA 5–7 Red Deciduous
Catberry
Mountain Holly
Ilex mucronata Shrub
Small tree
MD, WV west to IL north to CAN   Red Yellow Deciduous
Myrtleleaf Holly Ilex myrtifolia Shrub
Small tree
NC to FL, west to LA 7–10 Red Yellow Evergreen
American Holly Ilex opaca var. opaca Large Tree MA, south to FL, west to TX 5–9 Bright Red, rarely yellow Evergreen
Scrub Holly Ilex opaca var. arenicola Small Tree FL 8–10 Red Evergreen
Winterberry Ilex verticillata Shrub VA to n FL, west to MS 3–9 Bright Red, rarely yellow Deciduous
Yaupon Ilex vomitoria Shrub
Small tree
NC to FL, west to e TX 7–10 Bright Red, rarely yellow Evergreen





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