''Ilex socorroensis'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the holly genus (''

Ilex ''Ilex'' (), or holly, is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. ''Ilex'' has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen o ...

''). It is a tree native to

Socorro Island Socorro Island ( es, Isla Socorro) is a small volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km (10.25 by 7.15 miles), with an area of . It is the largest ...

in the

Revillagigedo Islands The Revillagigedo Islands ( es, Islas Revillagigedo, ) or Revillagigedo Archipelago are a group of four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique ecosystem. They lie approximately from Socorro Island south and southwest of C ...

west of Mexico's Pacific coast. It is a small tree, growing up to 8 meters tall. It grows from 50 to 950 meters elevation on Socorro. At high elevations it is the dominant canopy tree in ''Ilex socorrensis'' forest. Other forest canopy trees include '' Guettarda insularis, Sideroxylon socorrense'', and '' Psidium oligospermum''.Ricardo Rodriguez-Estrella, Eustolia Mata, Laura Rivera, Ecological Notes on the Green Parakeet of Isla Socorro, Mexico, The Condor, Volume 94, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Pages 523–525, https://doi.org/10.2307/1369224 At middle elevations it grows in dry forest and shrubland. The population is small, estimated at 2,500 mature individuals. It is threatened by habitat loss, mostly from overgrazing by introduced sheep, cattle, and goats, which destroys native vegetation and accelerates soil erosion.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15383188 socorroensis Trees of Mexican Pacific Islands Plants described in 1910 Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee