Aquifoliaceae
Dahoon
Ilex cassine
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae
- Genus
- Ilex
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Common names
By language (4)
- Dutch
- Cassena
- English
- Dahoon, Cassena, Dahoon holly
- French
- Houx cassine
- Vietnamese
- Cassena
Synonyms
- Ageria cassena Raf.
- Ageria geminata Raf.
- Ageria heterophylla Raf.
- Ageria obovata Raf.
- Ageria palustris Raf.
- Cassine caroliniana Lam.
- Cassine corymbosa Mill.
- Cassine ramulosa Raf.
- Hexotria lanceolata Raf.
- Hierophyllus cassena (Michx.) Raf.
- Ilex angustifolia Salisb.
- Ilex angustifolia Willd.
- Ilex angustifolia var. ligustrifolia Pursh
- Ilex atramentaria Barton
- Ilex cassine subsp. mexicana (Turcz.) A.E.Murray
- Ilex cassine var. angustifolia Aiton
- Ilex cassine var. cassine
- Ilex cassine var. latifolia Aiton
- Ilex cassine var. parvifolia C.K.Schneid.
- Ilex cassinoides Dum.Cours.
- Ilex cassinoides Link
- Ilex castaneifolia hort. ex Decne.
- Ilex dahoon Walter
- Ilex dahoon var. angustifolia (Aiton) Torr. & A.Gray ex S.Watson
- Ilex dahoon var. laurifolia (Nutt.) DC.
- Ilex dahoon var. ligustrina Alph.Wood
- Ilex dahoon var. parvifolia Koch
- Ilex lanceolata Griseb.
- Ilex lanceolata Chapm.
- Ilex laurifolia Nutt.
- Ilex ligustrifolia G.Don
- Ilex mexicana (Turcz.) Black ex Hemsl.
- Ilex peragua Trel.
- Ilex phyllyreaefolia hort. ex Decne.
- Ilex ramulosa Raf.
- Ilex religiosa Barton
- Ilex rosmarinifolia Lam.
- Ilex watsoniana Spach
- Ilex wrightii Trel.
- Pileostegia mexicana Turcz.
and 1 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Will Cook, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.