Family: Aquifoliaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Tree
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico) and
South Florida.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for coppices and shrublands in the northwestern Commonwealth (Grand Bahama, Abaco, Andros, New Providence). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 860-862, with illustrations) for coppices, pinelands, shrublands and occasionally marshy areas in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10-8).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
