General Landscape Uses: Street tree, specimen palm
Ecological Restoration Notes: Fruits for wildlife, nesting on canopy
Description: Palm tree with arching fronds and smooth gray trunk.
Dimensions: Height 50 ft.; Spread 20 – 25 ft.
Growth Rate: Fast
Native Range: South America
Native Habitats: Atlantic Forest, Araucaria moist forests, and gallery forests (riparian woodlands)
Soils: well-drained, sandy or loamy
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to high
Salt Water Tolerance: Low to moderate
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate
Drought Tolerance: Moderate
Light Requirements: full sun
Flower Color: cream to yellow
Flower Characteristics: Clusters
Flowering Season: Spring and Summer
Fruit: bright orange, round to slightly elongated fruits between ¾ and 1 inch long
Wildlife and Ecology: Fruits are a food source for wildlife, provides shelter
Horticultural Notes: Propagated by seed
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