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Ilex perado
Also called Azorean Holly, Macaronesian Holly
Ilex perado, the Macaronesian holly, is a species of holly endemic to Macaronesia, distributed throughout the Azores, Madeira and Canary islands. It is an important component of the natural high-altitude Macaronesian rainforest, known as 'laurisilva', found mostly at 500 to 1,200 m (1,640 to 3,937 ft) altitude but it also appears in forest formations at lower elevation. Many of the subspecies have been classified as threatened, probably because of very small population sizes, and are protected by local, national and regional legislation.
Ilex perado is native to the Azores, where it is found in all of the islands, the island of Madeira (mostly in the central and northern parts) and the Canary Islands in northern Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma. It grows on steep slopes and in the bottom of ravines, in areas with moist soils. It is a common tree of laurisilva and high-altitude forests and can reach non-laurisilva stands in Madeira into the heath.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ilex perado by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
