Ilex aquifolium L.
English holly
Aquifoliaceae (Holly family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
English holly
Aquifoliaceae (Holly family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial shrub or small tree; stems erect, 2-5 m tall, branched, branchlets minute-hairy.
Leaves:
Egg-shaped or oblong-egg-shaped, 2.5-6 cm long, entire to lobed, often with stiff spine-like teeth, shiny, evergreen, leathery.
Flowers:
Corollas dull white, male and female often on different plants.
Fruits:
Round, red berries, 7-8 mm wide, smooth, in clusters, persistent.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Ilex aquifolium
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
110 | 9 | 730 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
18 | 0 | 220 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
59 | 2 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 1 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
99 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
CDF(80), CWH(19) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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