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§1 Plant
Ilex myrtifolia Walter
vernacular myrtle dahoon — 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
· 92 counties across 6 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 92 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clay 13061
- Clinch 13065
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crisp 13081
- Dodge 13091
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Pierce 13229
- Pulaski 13235
- Rabun 13241
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Troup 13285
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
- Wilcox 13315
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ILMY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8223071 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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