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|familia=Aquifoliaceae
|genus=Ilex
|species=vomitoria
|common_name=Yaupon Holly, casseena
|habit=tree
|Min ht box=5
|Min ht metric=m
|Max ht box=9
|Max ht metric=m
|origin=SE North America
|lifespan=perennial
|features=evergreen
|Temp Metric=°F
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|image=Ilex vomitoria fws.jpg
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|image_caption=Foliage and fruit
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'''''Ilex vomitoria''''' ('''Yaupon Holly''', '''Yaupon''', or '''Cassina'''; the latter shared with ''[[Ilex cassine]]''), is a species of [[holly]] native to southeastern [[North America]], occurring in [[United States]] from [[Maryland]] south to [[Florida]] and west to [[Oklahoma]] (only in the extreme southeast)<ref name=obs>Oklahoma Biological Survey: [http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/ilvo.htm ''Ilex vomitoria'']</ref> and [[Texas]], and in [[Mexico]] in [[Chiapas]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19791 ''Ilex vomitoria'']</ref>

It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] reaching 5-9 m tall, with smooth, light gray bark and slender, hairy shoots. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, ovate to elliptical with a rounded apex and crenate or coarsely serrated margin, 1-4.5&nbsp;cm long and 1-2&nbsp;cm broad, glossy dark green above, slightly paler below. The [[flower]]s are 5–5.5&nbsp;mm diameter, with a white four-lobed corolla. The [[fruit]] is a small round or red (occasionally yellow) [[drupe]] 4-6&nbsp;mm diameter containing four pits, which are dispersed by [[bird]]s eating the fruit. The species may be distinguished from the similar ''Ilex cassine'' by its smaller leaves with a rounded, not acute apex.<ref name=usda>USDA Plant Guide: [http://www.plants.usda.gov/plantguide/doc/cs_ilvo.doc yaupon ''Ilex vomitoria'' (doc file)]</ref><ref name=fdep>Florida Department of Environmental Protection: [http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/delineation/featuredplants/ilex.htm Florida's Hollies]</ref><ref name=usmil>Martin, C. O., & Mott, S. P. (1997). Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria): Section 7.5.10,U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wildlife Resources Management Manual. ''Technical Report'' EL-97-16, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. Available [http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/trel97-16.pdf online (pdf file)]</ref><ref name=obs/><ref name=bioimages>Bioimages: [http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/ilvo.htm ''Ilex vomitoria'']</ref>

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Ilex vomitoria, Ait. (I. cassine, Walt., not Linn. I. caroliniana, Loes.). Cassena. Yaupon. Shrub, rarely tree, to 25 ft., with spreading branches: lvs. oval or oblong, obtuse, crenate, glabrous, ½ -1, rarely to 2 in. long: fls. clustered on branches of the previous year: fr. scarlet, globose, small. April. Va. to Fla., west to Ark. and Texas.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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