Ilex cassine

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Ilex cassine
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Celastrales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species: I. cassine
Binomial name
Ilex cassine
L.
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Natural range of Ilex cassine from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: dahoon

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Ilex cassine at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Epeolus zonatus

Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi, Hylaeus confluens

Halictidae: Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Lasioglossum placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei

Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis, L. slossonae

Megachilidae: Coelioxys sayi, Heriades leavitti

Pompilidae: Anoplius marginalis, A. parsoni, Aplopus mellipes, Episyron conterminus posterus, Paracyphonyx funereus, Psorthaspis legata

Sphecidae: Cerceris flavofasciata floridensis, C. rufopicta, Crabro hilaris rufibasis, Ectemnius decemmaculatus tequesta, Epinysson basilaris, Gorytes dorothyae ruseolus, Isodontia auripes, I. mexicana, Liris muesebecki, Oxybelus decorosum, O. emarginatus, O. laetus fulvipes, Tachysphex similis, Xysma ceanothae

Vespidae: Mischocyttarus cubensis, Pachodynerus erynnis, P. nasidens, Parancistrocerus perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, Polistes bahamensis, P. bellicosus, P. metricus, Stenodynerus lineatifrons, Vespula maculifrons, V. squamosa, Zethus slossonae, Z. spinipes

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.