Coccothrinax crinita
COMMON NAME | Old Man Palm |
TYPE | Palm |
FAMILY | Arecaceae |
NOTES | Solitary, Slow
growing, 2 to 10 metres high, (7 to 33 ft.) its trunk completely covered with
long hair like fibers. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Endemic to Cuba |
NATIVE HABITAT | The Old Man Palm
usually grows in seasonally flooded savannas up to 500m in size; occasionally
in hilly areas. Also, it grows in moist and well-drained soils, preferably
serpentine soils or soils with low nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. In
habitat, this tree takes an extremely long time to grow; on average it will
take 10 years for this tree to grow 5 feet |
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