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Where royals grow, and where they could grow


Jimbean

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I wasn't aware royals were growing naturally in Desoto County. I managed to pinpoint the spot based on the USF description, they appear to be growing on Island Thirty-Three:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Desoto+County,+FL/@27.0352656,-81.9932017,614m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88dcbdf8f2c9354f:0x934b0192ac25eabf!8m2!3d27.2142078!4d-81.7787021

Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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Jim and Red,

I just posted in "Discussing Palms WW" a tidbit on Royals. Bartram drew the first Royal in Fl., which he discovered on the St. Johns River in the 1700's near the Ocala National Forest. Specimens have been documented on Palmtalk all the way to Jacksonville, Fl. I believe they are far more cold tolerant than suggested by literature and should be planted more aggressively. What a beautiful palm!

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6 minutes ago, bubba said:

Jim and Red,

I just posted in "Discussing Palms WW" a tidbit on Royals. Bartram drew the first Royal in Fl., which he discovered on the St. Johns River in the 1700's near the Ocala National Forest. Specimens have been documented on Palmtalk all the way to Jacksonville, Fl. I believe they are far more cold tolerant than suggested by literature and should be planted more aggressively. What a beautiful palm!

I agree 100%!  They grow very well here and most made it through 2010 and 2011 with some leaf burn.  When someone asks for a "9b crownshaft palm", this is the top of the list from my point of view.  There are many threads showing mature royals at more northerly locales, with the first link below showing specimens in Jacksonville:

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/58085-northern-most-royals-east-of-the-mississippi/

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/34769-roystonea-regia-in-flagler-beach-north-florida/&do=findComment&comment=555086

There are several discussions regarding the hardiness of this palm, with an example here:

http://www.palmtalk.org/forum/index.php?/topic/49686-florida-royal-palm-and-cuban-royal-palm-how-cold-hardy/

Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

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Correction:  This is actually where they were located in Martin county.  Just south of Port St. Lucie

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Brevard County, Fl

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these are the furthest locations of long term survivors (planted prior to 1985 and still living) in the interior and east coast of Florida.  Could someone please point out where they are on the west coast of this map.

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Brevard County, Fl

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I also want to add the furthest north vouched populations of Florida royals have been recorded.  The green plus sign is currently observable and the orange historical.

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Brevard County, Fl

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9 hours ago, RedRabbit said:

I wasn't aware royals were growing naturally in Desoto County. I managed to pinpoint the spot based on the USF description, they appear to be growing on Island Thirty-Three:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Desoto+County,+FL/@27.0352656,-81.9932017,614m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88dcbdf8f2c9354f:0x934b0192ac25eabf!8m2!3d27.2142078!4d-81.7787021

They're actually on the peninsula a bit west of Island Thirty-Three. I managed to get a good view of one of them on Google Earth in this picture:

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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I've posted this before, but there is a strand of wild Royals in Manatee county on Snead Island. I'm currently writing an article about them, but I'm not sure when I'll be able to finish.

 

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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4 hours ago, bubba said:

Jim and Red,

I just posted in "Discussing Palms WW" a tidbit on Royals. Bartram drew the first Royal in Fl., which he discovered on the St. Johns River in the 1700's near the Ocala National Forest. Specimens have been documented on Palmtalk all the way to Jacksonville, Fl. I believe they are far more cold tolerant than suggested by literature and should be planted more aggressively. What a beautiful palm!

I'm skeptical of Bartram's findings. Unless Florida has gotten colder, it is hard to see how a population of royals would be growing so far north of where they're naturally growing now. 

1 hour ago, Jimbean said:

Could someone please point out where they are on the west coast of this map.

@SubTropicRay has commented before that there were a few royals that survived the freezes on the 1980s in South Tampa, but they were removed for development/reasons unknown. Across the bay, St. Petersburg has quite a few old royals so they're definitely viable long term there.

47 minutes ago, Zeeth said:

They're actually on the peninsula a bit west of Island Thirty-Three. I managed to get a good view of one of them on Google Earth in this picture:

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42 minutes ago, Zeeth said:

I've posted this before, but there is a strand of wild Royals in Manatee county on Snead Island. I'm currently writing an article about them, but I'm not sure when I'll be able to finish.

I've got to make it over there one day. Western Manatee is special, I've been really impressed just seeing them naturalizing in the neighborhoods around downtown Brandenton. :) 

Westchase | 9b 10a  ◆  Nokomis | 10a  ◆  St. Petersburg | 10a 10b 

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10 minutes ago, RedRabbit said:

I'm skeptical of Bartram's findings. Unless Florida has gotten colder, it is hard to see how a population of royals would be growing so far north of where they're naturally growing now. 

@SubTropicRay has commented before that there were a few royals that survived the freezes on the 1980s in South Tampa, but they were removed for development/reasons unknown. Across the bay, St. Petersburg has quite a few old royals so they're definitely viable long term there.

 

Could you please pinpoint these locations on a map of the Tampa/St. Pete area?

 

Perhaps Florida was more mild during the Little Ice Age.

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Brevard County, Fl

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1 hour ago, Zeeth said:

I've posted this before, but there is a strand of wild Royals in Manatee county on Snead Island. I'm currently writing an article about them, but I'm not sure when I'll be able to finish.

 

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Are there any large, or old royals there?

Brevard County, Fl

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9 minutes ago, Jimbean said:

Are there any large, or old royals there?

Yeah there's a few from the early 1900's in the area. Western Manatee county has some of the oldest royals in the state from when Reasoner's nursery used to sell them in their catalogues, collected from the Fakahatchee. 

Here are some planted before 1910. These are the parent trees to the ones growing wild in the park:

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These were planted around 1925 in Bradenton:

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These were planted around 1909 in Palmetto near I-275:

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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I'm not sure. It's actually behind a gate (I took the photos through the bars of the gate), so it's not accessible. 

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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Okay, I've updated the map.  I drew circles around the points so that they are more visible.

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Brevard County, Fl

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2 hours ago, RedRabbit said:

I'm skeptical of Bartram's findings. Unless Florida has gotten colder, it is hard to see how a population of royals would be growing so far north of where they're naturally growing now.

 

This is just speculation, but something like the red line might have been the extent of 'zone 10A' and orange 'zone 9B' during the Little Ice Age

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Skeptical of Bartram? Have you read the book? This guy drew what he saw and I understand their were limited photoshoping opportunities at the time. He had never seen a Royal palm before. Did he simply devine it’s creation?

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18 minutes ago, Jimbean said:

Also consider that there where fruiting coconuts in St. Augustine and citrus in Charleston.

There is still hardy citrus that can be grown in Charleston, that I know! I some some sort of citrus tree (bush) when I was there. 

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It is interesting how the Royal Palm populations seem so isolated and random, they inhabit one area, then many miles away appear again. It is not like the the Sabal palmetto range where it is pretty clear where it starts and stops for the most part, as well as other U.S. native palms like the Sabal minor and Serenoa repens. To be honest, I think it would be sweet if Royal palms inhabited all of South Florida (naturally on their own), because then you could just take a look at the woods and be like, "Yep, I am in South Florida." Although there are other plants that let you do that now too. 

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1 minute ago, PalmTreeDude said:

It is interesting how the Royal Palm populations seem so isolated, they inhabit one area, then many miles away appear again. It is not like the the Sabal palmetto range where it is pretty clear where it starts and stops for the most part, as well as other U.S. native palms like the Sabal minor and Serenoa repens. 

yeah, that's really got me thinking.  The population in Desoto county has really got me stumped. 

Brevard County, Fl

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Just now, Jimbean said:

yeah, that's really got me thinking.  The population in Desoto county has really got me stumped. 

The only other palm that makes me think of the Royal that has a somewhat wide distribution but in chunks is the Needle Palm, I guess you could throw a few palms from the Keys and extreme South Florida (as in right at the bottom of the state) in there as well. 

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Just now, Jimbean said:

It's like solving an ecological puzzle.  Trying to fit the pieces here.

Exactly, it is interesting though! It is like, "They grow down here, and then farther North up here, why is the area in between not filled in?" 

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