PLANTS Profile for Ilex montana (mountain holly)

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PLANTS Profile

Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray
mountain holly

Symbol:

ILMO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aquifoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 488. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray

	ILAMM	Ilex ambigua (Michx.) Torr. var. montana (Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray) H.E. Ahles
	ILAMM3	Ilex ambigua (Michx.) Torr. var. monticola (A. Gray) Wunderlin & Poppleton
	ILAMM2	Ilex amelanchier M.A. Curtis ex Chapm. var. monticola (A. Gray) Alph. Wood
	ILMO3	Ilex monticola A. Gray

Distribution:
Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray


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USA (AL, CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray

View 2 genera in Aquifoliaceae, 39 species in Ilex

Classification:
Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Celastrales
Family	Aquifoliaceae – Holly family
Genus	Ilex L. – holly
Species	Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray – mountain holly

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Massachusetts:
mountain winterberry		Endangered
New Jersey:
large-leaf holly		Endangered
New York:
mountain winterberry		Exploitably Vulnerable

More Accounts and Images:
Ilex montana Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28002.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 06:15 PM MDT