Native plant · AQUIFOLIACEAE
Ilex opaca var. opaca
AMERICAN HOLLY
Also known as: Ilex opaca
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Ilex opaca var. opaca. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Ilex opaca var. opaca
- Family
- AQUIFOLIACEAE
- Genus
- Ilex
- Order
- AQUIFOLIALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; FAC (NWPL); FAC (DEP)
- Recorded synonyms
- Ilex opaca
- Florida range
- North Florida · Central Florida · Panhandle · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Alachua; Marion; Hernando; Volusia; Pinellas; Flagler; Dixie; Okaloosa; Clay; Lee; Hillsborough; Lake; Sumter; Duval; Union; St. Johns; Baker; Lafayette; Orange; Palm Beach; Calhoun; Walton; Citrus; Hamilton; Suwannee; Levy; Santa Rosa; Wakulla; Leon; Columbia; Polk; Liberty; Gilchrist
Where documented in Florida
Alachua; Marion; Hernando; Volusia; Pinellas; Flagler; Dixie; Okaloosa; Clay; Lee; Hillsborough; Lake; Sumter; Duval; Union; St. Johns; Baker; Lafayette; Orange; Palm Beach; Calhoun; Walton; Citrus; Hamilton; Suwannee; Levy; Santa Rosa; Wakulla; Leon; Columbia; Polk; Liberty; Gilchrist
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Ilex
- Ilex ambigua — CAROLINA HOLLY; SAND HOLLY
- Ilex amelanchier — SARVIS HOLLY; SERVICEBERRY HOLLY; Swamp Holly
- Ilex cassine var. cassine — DAHOON; dahoon holly
- Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia — MYRTLE DAHOON
- Ilex coriacea — LARGE GALLBERRY; SWEET GALLBERRY
- Ilex decidua — POSSUMHAW
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.