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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex vomitoria
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex vomitoria
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex vomitoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-003:
Ilex vomitoria FAMILY Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex vomitoria
COMMON NAME:
Yaupon Holly, Yaupon
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_703
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ilvo_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0502d_3031
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Increasingly popular as an ornamental shrub, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s050227_g
February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Leaves leathery, oval to elliptic, to 3cm long, margins revolute, crenate, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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JK Marlow s050227_h
February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0303e_23
March Beaufort County SC
Hunting Island State Park
Fruit often persists through the winter, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm080301_061
March Charleston County SC
Santee Coastal Reserve
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Alan S. Weakley asw_759166455693491
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Flowers about 5mm across, in short clusters from leaf axils, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Paul Thompson pstilex_vomitoria_nana
September?
'Nana' - Dwarf Yaupon Holly. Twigs are grey; new leaves are reddish. — Clemson Extension
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JK Marlow jkm231104_6492
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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Alan S. Weakley asw_5770881253001382
December Georgetown County SC
Fruit a red drupe, ~ 1/4" in diam, solitary or in clusters in leaf axils, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex vomitoria
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex vomitoria
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex vomitoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-003:
Ilex vomitoria
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex vomitoria
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Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Habitat: maritime forests, other dry sandy forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins crenate from base to apex
FLOWER:
Spring
White/Greenish-white
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
Usually unisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p350
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p055
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p354
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p502
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p514
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p172
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p129
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p104
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p086
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p081
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p319
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p217
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p092
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p144
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p172
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p172
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