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Ilex krugiana Loes.
Krug’s holly, Tawnyberry holly

Ilex krugiana
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Aquifoliaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the West Indies (the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Rare

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This is very rare in South Florida and known only from the Miami Rock Ridge, where it is fairly abundant in certain areas. Using updated NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Imperiled in South Florida in 2020.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Other data on Ilex krugiana available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Ilex krugiana has been found in the following 35 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Alice C. Wainwright Park Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Black Creek Forest Present Native
Boystown Pineland Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28 Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31 Present Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33 Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Present Native
Chernoff Hammock Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Present Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House Present Native
Harden Hammock Present Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Native
Ingram Pineland Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Loveland Hammock Present Native
Lucille Hammock Present Native
Medlock Pineland Present Native
Meissner Hammock Present Native
Moreno Pine Rockland Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23 Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Present Native, Cultivated Only
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Silver Palm Groves Present Native
Silver Palm Hammock Present Native
SOCSOUTH Present Native, Cultivated Only
Sunny Palms Pineland Present Native
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve Present Native

Ilex krugiana has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native

Ilex krugiana has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

All Images:

Ilex krugiana
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Ilex krugiana
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Ilex krugiana
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Ilex krugiana
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Ilex krugiana
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley