Andy Schecter wrote:
Can someone please ID this tree growing with beautiful bark in northern
Florida?

Bark:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...k/florida1.jpg
Leaves:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6...k/florida2.jpg

Thank you.

Andy,

The second photo shows leaves, stems, and flowers that look right for
Ilex x attenuata (I. cassine x I. opaca), probably the cultivar 'East
Palatka'. But the photo of the colorful trunk is puzzling -- some of
the color may be lichens, but I'm wondering -- might someone actually
have painted it? Some mottling is normal on holly trunks, but that one
is amazing.