Ilex cassine

Native to Florida

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The evergreen dahoon holly is native to Florida's swamps, margins and other wetlands, growing to be a large shrub or a medium-sized tree; sometimes much larger. It is found throughout Florida and occurs in all southeastern U.S. coastal states (Kartesz, 1999).

It flowers in the spring; later it has bright red to orange-red drupes. There are 13 species and varieties of Ilex in Florida (Wunderlin, 2003).

View the herbarium specimen image of the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.