PLANTS Profile for Ilex cassine (dahoon)

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PLANTS Profile

Ilex cassine L.
dahoon

Symbol:

ILCA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aquifoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		I

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Ilex cassine L.

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Distribution:
Ilex cassine L.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Ilex cassine L.

View 2 genera in Aquifoliaceae, 39 species in Ilex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Ilex cassine L. var. cassine. .

Ilex cassine var. cassine
dahoon

Distribution of Ilex cassine L. var. latifolia Aiton. .

Ilex cassine var. latifolia
dahoon

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ilex cassine L.

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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 cassine L. – dahoon

Introduced Information:
Ilex cassine L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ilex cassine L.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Ilex cassine L.

View species account, photographs, 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 27992.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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