§1 Plant
Ilex glabra (L.) A. Gray
vernacular inkberry — species · Aquifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Ilex
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 253 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 8 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 29,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 253 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Emanuel 13107
- Glascock 13125
- Hancock 13141
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- Mitchell 13205
- Pike 13231
- Pulaski 13235
- Screven 13251
- Sumter 13261
- Talbot 13263
- Tattnall 13267
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Treutlen 13283
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
- Wheeler 13309
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ILGL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5414266 ↗Record version
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