Ilex cassine

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Dahoon Holly

Form:	Tree
Size:	20-30 ft tall, spread 10-15 ft.
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	Red
Phenology:	Evergreen. Blooms in spring. Fruits ripen in fall and persist into winter.
Noted for:	Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance

Recommended Uses:

Specimen tree.

Considerations:

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

Propagation:

Naturally clonal, so easily started from new offshoots. Seeds of most holly species require 2-3 years of dormancy before they will germinate.

Availability:

Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales, Quality nurseries

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry)

Moisture Tolerance:

Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or other substrate:

Loam, Organic material (muck), Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic to circumneutral

Wildlife:	Fruits are eaten by birds and small mammals.
Insects:	Bees pollinate flowers. Documented bee visitors include Hylaeus confluens, Augochlorapura, Augochlorella gratiosa, Dialictus placidensis and Sphecodes heracle (Deyrup et al. 2002).
Native Habitats:	Dome swamps, coastal flatwoods, transitional edges of dome swamps in flatwoods, coastal flatwoods, bay swamps, cutthroat seep.

Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

General Comments:

While naturally a wetland plant, this species does well across a broad array of cultural conditions.