Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Ilex opaca var. arenicola

scrub holly
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

scrub holly

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Ilex opaca var. arenicola

Familia:

Aquifoliaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

12-20 ft

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

red

Fenología:

Evergreen. Blooms in spring. Fruits ripen in fall and persist into winter.

Destacado por:

Showy Fruits, Thorns, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant. Slow growing.

Consideraciones:

Leaves have sharp spines. It's dioecious; so make sure you have at least one male plant in the vicinity to produce berries on the females.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Can be propagated from seed, but slow to germinate.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Not wet but not extremely dry -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

9A,9B,10A

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Pollinated by bees.  Documented bee species include  Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Megachilepetulans and Xylocopa virginica krombeini (Deyrup et al. 2002). 

Fruits principally eaten by birds.

Hábitats nativos:

Scrub.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

The wood is pale, tough, close-grained, takes a good polish, and is used for handles, engraving blocks, and cabinet work. It can also be dyed and used as a substitute for ebony.

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Burns, Russell M., and Barbara H. Honkala [Technical coordinators]. (1990). Silvics of North America: Volume 2. Hardwoods. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook 654. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/1548 ). Accessed 2025.


Deyrup, Mark, Jay Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden. (2002). The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi, 544. ( https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/544/ ). Accessed 2026. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.


Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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