PLANTS Profile for Ilex vomitoria (yaupon)

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Ilex vomitoria Aiton
yaupon

Symbol:

ILVO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aquifoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Ilex vomitoria Aiton

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Distribution:
Ilex vomitoria Aiton


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Ilex vomitoria Aiton

View 2 genera in Aquifoliaceae, 39 species in Ilex

Classification:
Ilex vomitoria Aiton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Celastrales
Family	Aquifoliaceae – Holly family
Genus	Ilex L. – holly
Species	Ilex vomitoria Aiton – yaupon

Wetland Indicator Status:
Ilex vomitoria Aiton

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC-,FAC

FAC-

FAC

FAC-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Ilex vomitoria Aiton

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Low		Low				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Ilex vomitoria Aiton

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27986.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Ilex vomitoria Aiton

AL-Wildflowers of Alabama

AR-University of Arkansas Horticulture

FL-University of Florida (USFS) Fact Sheet

LA-Louisiana State University Horticulture

MO-Missouri Botanical Garden

NC-Poisonous Plant of North Carolina

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

TX-Image Archive of Central Texas Plants

U.S. Army Corps Wildlife Resources Management Manual

UK-Plants For A Future

USDA FS-Fact Sheet (Uof FL)

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

Time Generated: 01/10/2012 05:38 PM CST