§1 Plant
Ilex ambigua (Michx.) Torr.
vernacular Carolina holly — species · Aquifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Ilex
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 206 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 206 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Ben Hill 13017
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clay 13061
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Early 13099
- Fannin 13111
- Floyd 13115
- Gilmer 13123
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Lumpkin 13187
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Pickens 13227
- Pierce 13229
- Rabun 13241
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Stephens 13257
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
- Wilkinson 13319
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Jackson 22049
- Lincoln 22061
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Lowndes 28087
- Marion 28091
- Monroe 28095
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Rankin 28121
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ILAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7412408 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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