Coccothrinax argentata
COMMON NAME | Florida silver
palm, Silver Thatch Palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | Solitary palm trunk.
Height to 20 ft. Covered with fine brown fibers, closely woven at the top,
bare, light gray at the bottom.
Slow-growing fan palm with leaves that are dark blue-green above and
silver-colored below. This might be mis-identified and could be Schippia concolor. Further investigation is needed to confirm its true identity. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | South Florida, Southeast Mexico,
Colombia and to the West Indies |
NATIVE HABITAT | Its natural habitat
is rocky, calcareous soil in coastal scrubland and hammock communities. |
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