Ilex glabra (L.) A.Gray

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Mississippi

• County/Municipio

  Harrison Co.

• Locality

  Just S. of Bethel Road, about 1.9mi W. of the intersection with Rt. 15. DeSoto National Forest

• Elevation

  Alt. 24 m. (79 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.6329, -88.9423

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Harvard University. Gray Herbarium (GH)
PLANTS OF MISSISSIPPI
Ilex glabra (L.) A.Gray
AQVEFOLIACEAE
Shrubs to 3ft tall, abundant, flowers still in bud. Growing in
the ecotone between a pine savanna & a narrow, shrubby
gallery woodland along a vernal stream or wet swale, in
sandy/organic soil (Saucier, Smithton, and Susquehanna soils,
rolling; Saucier: fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic
Plinthaquic Paleudults; Smithon: coarse-loamy, siliceous,
semiactive, thermic Typic Paleaquults; Susquehanna: fine,
smectitic, thermic Vertic Paleudalfs). Growing with Acer
mbrum, Andropogon spp., Anthaenantia rufa, Aronia
arbutifolia, Arundinaria gigantea, Aster adnatus, Bigelowia
nudata, Carex turgescens, Centella asiatica, Dichanthelium
clandestinum, D. ensifolium var. ensifolium, Elephantopus
tomentosus (?), Eriocaulon compression, Eryngium
yuccifolium, Eupatorium mohrii, E. pilosum, Gaylussacia
mosieri, Hypericum fasciculatum, Ilex coriacea, I. vomitoria,
Liatris sp., Lycopodiella alopecuroides, Magnolia virginiana,
Myrica carolinensis (= M heterophylla), M. cerifera, Nyssa
biflora, Pinus elliottii, P. palustris, Pityopsis graminifolia,
Rhexia alifanus, R. mariana (?), Rubus argutus, Sarracenia
alata, Smilax laurifolia, Solidago rugosa, Sphagnum affine,
Symplocos tinctoria, Toxicodendron radicans, T. vernix,
Viburnum nudum, Woodwardia areolata & Xyris fimbriata.
Just S. of Bethel Road, about 1.9mi W. of the intersection
with Rt. 15. DeSoto National Forest, Harrison Co. Elev.
about 80ft. 30° 37' 58.5"N, 88° 56' 32.2"W. UTM 16
313854E, 3390530N (NAD83/WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3735
With Mac Alford 14 April 2006
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