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What type of palm is this in Baja California?


kylecawazafla

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What type of palm is this? It's taken in San Francisco de la Sierra Mountains in Baja California. By process of elimination, I thought it was Brahea brandegeei since it's not a Washingtonia and doesn't look like B. armata, however it looked different from the Brahea brandegeei I saw in Sierra de La Laguna to the south and the undersides were silver, which is most pronounced in the palm on the very bottom of the photo which also has inflorescences showing. Thank you! 

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Well, it's a self cleaning palm, unless it's in a "tourist" area. I dunno. The one on the right looks like a W.robusta.

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Kyle,

After looking over both Seinet and Inaturalist data, my guess would be brandegeei since it and B. armata are the only two sp. suggested to be native to that area.  Not to say other sp couldn't also have found their way there..

There are a pair planted in a demo garden locally that exhibit the same silvery undersides to the leaves.. vs others i have seen, labeled as such, that i didn't notice much, if any silver on.. Possible the demo garden specimens, or the others are miss-labeled so i can't be 100% certain. Also possible that there might be crosses between both species in spots where they may grow close together,  but would suspect you'd notice a fatter trunk if more such a cross leaned more armata..    Again, just my thoughts..  Great scenery regardless.

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