This shrubby northeastern relative of falcata is centered in the northern Appalachians and coastal regions from N.J. to Me. (FNA 3, K). It occurs on xeric sterile sandy soils, often with prinoides. It extends southward into the Piedmont of N.C., and westward to the higher Alleghenies of W.Va. There are some old unverified reports of ilicifolia from Ky. (e.g. Short 1837, Defries 1884a,b; Shaler 1884; and others reviewed by M). Hypothetically, it might have occurred in the Cumberland Mountains before fire-suppression. The vegetative coll. from FLOY (KY) noted by Clark et al. (1997) appears to be a stunted form of velutina, after examining a range of material and revisiting the locality. The leaves of this coll. have similar size and shape to ilicifolia, but their lobes are less pointed; they lack persistent white-felty tomentum on lower surfaces (nor on twigs); and they lack the deep bluish-green color of typical ilicifolia.