Some Palms at UC Davis

[Jubaea]

We are having a nice sunny day here and I thought I would take some pictures and post them. Please feel free to correct any palms that I may have misidentified or to be more precise with their names. Washingtonia robusta and filifera are quite common along with Phoenix canariensis and I did not include any of these. I also took some pictures of other non-palms are will try posting them in the other section later today. Thanks for looking!

Dylan

Picture 1: All Start off with the Jubaeas one of my favorate palms. This is the largest one on campus and does not appear to have flowered.

Jubaea by hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 2: Here is a younger Jubaea that seems to be doing fairly well.

Jubaea small by hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 3: Ugly Palm contestant. This one is not doing well and seems to stay too wet. I suspect that the irrigation water used on the sprinklers also has quite a high PH.

Jubaea ugly by hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 4: Nice Brahea armatas with fat trunks.

Brahea armata fat trunk by hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 5: Fat trunk of previous Brahea armata. This is close to 3 feet in diameter.

Brahea armata trunk by hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 6: Another Brahea armata

Brahea armata by hellos1011, on Flickr

[Jubaea]

Picture 7: Brahea edulis? This is what I think is a juvenile Brahea edulis.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463280368/'>Brahea edulis by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 8: Serenoa repens? I think this is Serenoa repens but I have never seen one in person before.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463275164/'>Serenoa repens by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 9: Sabal minor? I think this is a Sabal possibly minor. There are many seedlings from this palm all over the place. Any suggestions?

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463275164/'>Serenoa repens by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 10: Leaning Phoenix dactylifera.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463279138/'>Phoenix by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 11: Raphis spp. Tall Raphis in courtyard.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463279138/'>Phoenix by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

Picture 12: Trachycarpus fortunei I believe

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8462175295/'>Trachycarpus by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

[PANGEA EXPRESS]

very nice pics! those leaning Phoenix are awesome!

are you a student at Davis?

[Jubaea]

very nice pics! those leaning Phoenix are awesome!

are you a student at Davis?

Yes I'm a student studying horticulture.

[PANGEA EXPRESS]

very nice pics! those leaning Phoenix are awesome!

are you a student at Davis?

Yes I'm a student studying horticulture.

Very nice!

[colin Peters]

Wow, cool to see different palms. Pic. one is sweet.

aloha

[Jastin]

very nice pics! those leaning Phoenix are awesome!

are you a student at Davis?

Yes I'm a student studying horticulture.

What are you planning on getting into with your degree? How is the program up there?

[Sutter Bob]

Thanks Jubaea,

I didn't realize those were there.

If you're ever heading up to Yuba City let me know.

We have a few nice old Brahea here plus some other interesting palms.

[Jubaea]

I just realised that picture 9 and 11 are duplicates. Here is what was soposed to be there.

Here is 9:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463276702/'>Sabal by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

Here is 11:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463277920/'>Raphis by http://www.flickr.com/people/32696326@N07/'>hellos1011, on Flickr

[Jubaea]

very nice pics! those leaning Phoenix are awesome!

are you a student at Davis?

Yes I'm a student studying horticulture.

What are you planning on getting into with your degree? How is the program up there?

I'm not sure what I will do after I finish up, however I will probabbly move South. It's a bit too chilly up here for my liking and not many of the more tender plants that I am interested in like it up here. Too bad UCSD does not have a horticulture program.

[Jubaea]

Thanks Jubaea,

I didn't realize those were there.

If you're ever heading up to Yuba City let me know.

We have a few nice old Brahea here plus some other interesting palms.

There are not many palms on campus compared to other landscaping plants. I just discovered a few of these hidden away in a courtyard a few weeks ago. I'll let you know if I'm heading up that way. It would be nice to see some nice intersting and mature palms.

Dylan

[Sutter Bob]

One fairly striking Brahea clara is on Bridge Street just west of Plumas Street. It is very blue and stunning when in bloom.

[monkeyranch]

I've been to Davis a few times and suspected there should be a few unusual palms somewhere at a Hort. school. Nice finds. The possible Sabal minor reminds me of a very similar plant at the Sac State Arboretum. Almost too much trunk and too costapalmate to be a typical minor but not behaving like any of the full trunking Sabals. About the same age, maybe the two are from the same source? Maybe Louisiana or Brazoria varieties? Incidentally there is a S. palmetto right next to the one at CSU-SAC for comparison. The rest of their palms are common: Butia, W. filifera, Trachy fort., and C-rops. No Jubs, no Livistona, no Rhapidophylum, nothin. I have some palms set aside to donate once they are a little bigger.

Bob, is that Clara by itself now? There used to be two larger armatas and a shorter one along with it. Some one keeps over-pruning them like a Washie in the cold, wet months, cutting into green petioles. In 2004 they were all fine, but since one of the large armatas and the small one died of fungal infection from the crappy pruning. The last time I was down there, the remaining armata was starting to look infected. I've visited and called the city after the death of each tree but the message is not reaching the culprit. Very disappointing.

On a good note, the Canaries at Hwy 20 and Plumas were a nice addition a few years ago, and I always like driving by the storage unit rental place on Walton with the palm display and the giant plastic dinosaurs, deer, moose, horses, etc.

[Sutter Bob]

Monkeyranch,

You're right, the armata on Bridge Street are no more.

There are a zillion clara seedlings under the clara now.

There are a few other armata tucked away here and there around town and I've got some seedlings growing.

Also quite a few Butia here in YC including one at my neighbors which is probably at least 30 years old.

Bob

[JasonD]

I donated a Sabal minor to Village Homes in Davis and it's spreading seedlings like crazy. A bit nervous-making, actually. It's near the pool and community center and Osteria Fasulo. There are nice Butias there too.

UC Davis has one of the world's best oak collections. Incredible array.

[redbeard917]

Great pics. Those palms look very well grown, though I would expect that from experts in horticulture! I would have to guess Sabal 'Louisiana' (Sabal minor var 'Louisiana'). Interestingly I was in Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve recently, where there are native Louisiana minors, some with trunks and some without, and I saw a sign mentioning that whether or not an individual developed a trunk seemed to depend on the elevation it grows at in the swamp. Sure enough, looking around, I tended to see groups of trunking palms in one spot, and groups that hadn't developed a trunk in other areas. They also tended to have greener leaves, like the one in your photo, than the glaucous blue of other trunkless S. minors.