#1223 most planted
Ilex cornuta
Chinese holly · also Horned holly
BroadleafEvergreen
85
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
3
cities
7.5 in
median trunk (19 cm, 10 measured)
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Ilex cornuta is an evergreen shrub known for its dense, distinctive rectangular foliage and bright red berries. It is a slow-growing species valued horticulturally for privacy screens and security plantings. It tolerates a wide variety of soils and can grow in sun or shade.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 720.03%——
- 120.00%35 yr7.5 in
- 10.00%—3.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 9.8–20 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–20 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade, Full shade
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 5.9 in, 90th percentile 7.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
Other Ilex in the catalogue
17 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
