#410 most planted
Ilex crenata
Japanese holly · also Box-leaved holly
Evergreen
2,505
trees mapped
0.02%
of all named trees
3
cities
2.5 in
median trunk (6 cm, 7 measured)
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Ilex crenata, also known as Japanese holly or box-leaved holly, is a flowering plant native to East and Southeast Asia. It is typically a shrub or small tree and is commonly cultivated for its evergreen foliage.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2,4831.1%—2.5 in
- 210.02%19 yr—
- 10.01%——
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.5 in, mean 3.0 in, 90th percentile 4.4 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
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands
- Southeast Tibet shrublands and meadows
Other Ilex in the catalogue
17 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
