Ilex opaca Ait.

English: American Holly

German: Amerikanische Stechpalme

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Celastrales (10)

        Family: Aquifoliaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Ilex (3)

            Epithet: opaca Ait. (1)

opaca => dark, with a dull surface

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

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• [5] Image of Ilex quercifolia (Aquifoliaceae) (Ilex opaca) - Leopold Dippel, Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 1889
• [139] species information
• [578] Ilex opaca - Plants For A Future database