DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Ilex ambigua | Carolina Holly 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The native range of Carolina holly is the Coastal Plain from North
Carolina, northern Georgia, northern Alabama, central Arkansas, and
southeastern Oklahoma south to central Florida, the Gulf Coast, and
eastern Texas [3,15].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory


STATES : 
     AL  AR  FL  GA  LA  MS  NC  OK  SC  TX


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BLRI  BUFF  CUIS


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K089  Black Belt
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K115  Sand pine scrub


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    34  Red spruce - Fraser fir
    69  Sand pine
    70  Longleaf pine
    71  Longleaf pine - scrub oak
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Carolina holly occurs in a variety of habitats:  mesic or submesic mixed
hardwoods, pine-scrub oak sand ridges and flats, sandy hardwood
hammocks, and sandy old fields [7].  Species with which Carolina holly
occurs in xeric hardwood hammocks include American holly (Ilex opaca),
inkberry (I. glabra), laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia), live oak (Q.
virginiana), and spruce pine (P. glabra) [4,6,14,16,23].

Related categories for Species: Ilex ambigua | Carolina Holly