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§1 Plant
Ilex aquifolium L.
vernacular English holly — 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
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 51 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 51 counties across 6 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kitsap 53035
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Pacific 53049
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Whatcom 53073
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ILAQ80 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5414222 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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