Ilex cassine L.

Harvard University. Gray Herbarium (GHi
PLANTS OF FLORIDA
Ilex cassine L. var. cassine
AQUIFOLIACEAE
Tree 20ft tall, trunk diameter 3in, rare. Growing at the
edge of a swamp forest beside a road, in a mix of
calcareous road fill & moist to wet sandy to organic
loam adjacent to Sanibel Muck (sandy, siliceous,
hyperthermic Histic Humaquepts). Growing with
Blechnum serrulatum, Centella asiatica, Harrisella
porrecta, Ilex glabra, Lyonia lucida, Magnolia
virginiana, Myrica cerifera, Nyssa sylvatica var.
biflora, Osmunda regalis, Persea palustris, Phyla sp.,
Pinus elliottii, Serenoa repens, Smilax laurifolia,
Taxodium ascendens, Tillandsia fasciculata & T.
usneoides. Along the S. side of Long Cypress Cut,
about 0.25mi E. of the intersection with Van Eeghen
road. Avon Park Air Force Range, Highlands Co.
Elev. about 65ft. 27° 34' 43.8"N, 81° 16' 5G.5"W.
UTM 17 472295E, 3050579N (NAD8.3 WGS84).
Coll. Doug Goldman #3706
8 April 2006
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