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Ilex ambigua
Carolina holly is a native southeastern US shrub or small tree, up to about 6 m, grown for its glossy leaves and red berries. It thrives in sandy, well-drained soil and tolerates a range of conditions.
Ilex ambigua is a species of flowering plant in the holly family known by the common names Carolina holly and sand holly. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States, along the coastal plain from North Carolina to Texas, inland as far as Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
Ilex abscondita · Ilex acutidenticulata · Ilex affinis · Ilex altiplana · Sarvis holly · Ilex amygdalina · Ilex andicola · Hawai'i holly · Ilex anonoides · English holly · Ilex aracamuniana · Argentina Holly
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ilex ambigua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
