Key Plant, Key Pests: Holly (Ilex sp.)

, Juanita Popenoe, , and
Contacts: Brooke Moffis

Release Date: 1/20/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ep566-2018

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication helps identify the most common pests found on Holly (Ilex sp.). This publication provides information and general management recommendations for Florida wax scale, tea scale, Cylindrocladium leaf spot, dieback, Sphaeropsis gall, root knot nematodes, and magnesium deficiency.

About this Publication

This document is ENH1302, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2018. Revised April 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Popenoe, J., Warwick, C. R., Bourdon, J., & Felter, L. A. (2019). Key Plant, Key Pests: Holly (Ilex sp.). EDIS, 2019(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep566-2018

Authors

Elizabeth Felter

specialized Extension agent IV emeritus, food systems and ornamental horticulture, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka, FL

Juanita Popenoe

County agent

University of Florida

emeritus multi-county commercial fruit production agent IV, Ph.D., UF/IFAS Extension Lake County

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Caroline R. Warwick

former science communication specialist, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

Jacqueline Bourdon

former communications intern, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

Contacts

Brooke Moffis

Contact

County agent

University of Florida

Ph.D. student, School of Natural Resources and Environment; and Extension agent III, M.S., residential horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension Lake County

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Publication #ENH1302