Index / Search / Ilex opaca var. opaca
§1 Plant
Ilex opaca Aiton var. opaca
vernacular American holly — variety · 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
· 621 counties across 21 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 621 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Atkinson 13003
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Crisp 13081
- Dade 13083
- DeKalb 13089
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Fannin 13111
- Gilmer 13123
- Glascock 13125
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Lumpkin 13187
- Macon 13193
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Pike 13231
- Pulaski 13235
- Rabun 13241
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Tift 13277
- Towns 13281
- Twiggs 13289
- Union 13291
- Ware 13299
- Whitfield 13313
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fayette 21067
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Magoffin 21153
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Cumberland 47035
- Decatur 47039
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
Virginia view state ↗ 81 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Kanawha 54039
- Logan 54045
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mingo 54059
- Nicholas 54067
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ILOPO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6420512 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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