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Naturalized (?) cocos nucifera in the Florida Keys

Oviedo_z10b_lol

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A while back, there was some discussion about how/if coconut trees had naturalized in Florida. 
 

Today I took the family to Marvin Key. It’s a tiny, mangrove island at the edge of the archipelago in the lower keys ( https://www.google.com/maps?q=marvin+key+map&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS868US871&hl=en-US&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw0_GX_vTxAhVySTABHcy4AcYQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ )  It’s only accessible by boat. 

in the middle of the island, near the little entry beach, there is a coconut tree. No idea how it got there. Best guess is either a bird or the nut floated in from somewhere else. Where that might be… no idea. There are no inhabited islands for probably 5 miles. 

and, I do apologize for the far off pictures. I didn’t want to carry my phone off the boat because… you know… water. 

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kinzyjr Grand Master

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@Oviedo_z10b_lol I suppose that technically they are all naturalized.

Shipwreck of the Providencia:

https://www.westpalmbeach.com/the-providencia-the-ship-that-named-palm-beach-and-west-palm-beach/

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_ship_Providencia,_shipwrecked_off_Florida_coast.jpg

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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

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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Beautiful area. That water looks crystal clear

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Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
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Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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On 7/21/2021 at 4:54 PM, kinzyjr said:

@Oviedo_z10b_lol I suppose that technically they are all naturalized.

Shipwreck of the Providencia:

https://www.westpalmbeach.com/the-providencia-the-ship-that-named-palm-beach-and-west-palm-beach/

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_ship_Providencia,_shipwrecked_off_Florida_coast.jpg

Maybe I was thinking of a post about guerilla planting. But I do recall promising a pic of this C. Nucifera. Alas, a man of my word. 

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I see many these days on the Loxahatchee and intercostal that clearly are just from washed up coconuts. I have them sprout up all over if I get lazy about picking up the nuts.

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Jupiter FL

in the Zone formally known as 10A

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