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§1 Plant
Ilex vomitoria Aiton
vernacular yaupon — 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
· 201 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 200 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 20 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 37,800
- 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 201 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Blount 01009
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Pickens 01107
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Brantley 13025
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clay 13061
- Crisp 13081
- Echols 13101
- Glynn 13127
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Screven 13251
- Talbot 13263
- Tattnall 13267
- Toombs 13279
- Wayne 13305
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ILVO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5414250 ↗Record version
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