American Holly

Both male and female plants required for pollination and seed set.



Specimen tree.  Screen.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Sharp spines (teeth) on leaves.

Fruits are eaten by birds.

Upland woods, second bottom but will not tolerate long flooding. Often an understory plant.

Documented in Lee County in a site likely to be natural. Documented in Palm Beach County in an urbanizing area where likely to be a garden escape.

• Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
• Bees pollinate flowers.