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Long-stalk Holly (Ilex collina)

Ilex collina fruit close-up.

Photo Credit: Douglas Ogle
  • Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Aquifoliaceae
  • State: GA, NC, TN, VA, WV
  • Nature Serve ID: 154417
  • Lifeform: Shrub, Tree
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/15/1986
Description:

Ilex collina, a long-stalked holly, is a deciduous shrub of great ornamental potential. It is a multi-stemmed shrub growing to 10 feet, with large berries that range in color from dark scarlet-red to orange and yellow (Strausbaugh and Core 1978, Gleason and Cronquist 1991). 

Where is Long-stalk Holly (Ilex collina) located in the wild?

Habitat:

I. collina can be found growing on hills (Strausbaugh and Core 1978). Preferred habitats feature tall shrub thickets, hydric peat, and sandstone soils along bogs, ponds, hydric peat, and oligotrophic saturated wetlands throughout North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia (NatureServe 2016).

Distribution:

This mid-Appalachian species has a very restricted range; it is known from Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph and Webster Counties in West Virginia (Nicholson 1987).

States & Provinces:

Long-stalk Holly can be found in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Which CPC Partners conserve Long-stalk Holly (Ilex collina)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

  • 10/06/2020
  • Propagation Research

Propagation from seed: 1 month of warm and 3 months of cold stratification (immature embryo) (Nicholson 1987). Propagation from softwood cuttings: difficult, in June, treat with 5,000 ppm K-IBA, under mist. Yields about 20% rooting rate.

Nature Serve Biotics
  • 05/02/2017

There are 37 recent sites in five states, occurring in a limited range of high-elevation streamside habitats. Total population size is estimated to be a few thousand individuals.

Irina Kadis
  • 01/01/2010

Habitat destruction and general urbanization.

Irina Kadis
  • 01/01/2010

Remaining sites and individual number is unknown.

Irina Kadis
  • 01/01/2010

Propagation from seed: 1 month of warm and 3 months of cold stratification (immature embryo) (Nicholson 1987). Propagation from softwood cuttings: difficult, in June, treat with 5,000 ppm K-IBA, under mist. Yields about 20% rooting rate.

Irina Kadis
  • 01/01/2010

No formalized management plan has been designed because this species is not listed as threatened or endangered.

Irina Kadis
  • 01/01/2010

There is urgent need for a taxonomic study of I. collina, as there is much doubt about its distinctiveness as a species (Bass 1984).

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Nomenclature
Taxon Ilex collina
Authority Alexander
Family Aquifoliaceae
CPC Number 2306
ITIS 27993
USDA ILCO2
Duration Perennial
Common Names Long-stalked Holly | Longstalk Holly
Associated Scientific Names Nemopanthus collinus | Ilex collina
Distribution This mid-Appalachian species has a very restricted range; it is known from Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph and Webster Counties in West Virginia (Nicholson 1987).
State Rank
State State Rank
Georgia S1
North Carolina S1
Tennessee S1
Virginia S2
West Virginia S2
Ecological Relationships

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Pollinators
Common Name Name in Text Association Type Source InteractionID
Bees
Honey bees Honeybees Confirmed Pollinator Link
Flies
Flies Confirmed Pollinator Link

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