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§1 Plant
Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm.
vernacular large gallberry — 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
· 157 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–6.7
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 12 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 12 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 110,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 157 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Calhoun 13037
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clay 13061
- Clinch 13065
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Grady 13131
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Marion 13197
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Talbot 13263
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
South Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ILCO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5414223 ↗Record version
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