Ilex cornuta Lindley
Detail
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae
- Botanical Name
- Ilex cornuta Lindley
- Common Name
- Chinese Holly, Burford Holly
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
- Comments
- A scattered escape from cultivation, especially in the greater D.C. and Richmond areas. Many distinct cultivars of this species are grown in our area. The hybrid Ilex x "Nellie R. Stevens" (I. aquifolium x cornuta) has been found as an escape in Chesterfield County.
- Habitat
- Most collections are from disturbed, especially urban, bottomland and mesic forests; reported as "well established and spreading" in Arlington and Fairfax counties. Very infrequent and scattered at present but has the potential to become more widely established.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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