Naturalized palms

[Palms and Pines]

Hello everybody my first post on the forum. I have seen previously a few old posts about naturalized palms but I wanted to start a new one. this is what I have seen naturalize around me 

a Washingtonia deep in a hardwood hammock which surprised me

a coconut that is more than likely rouge planted but I’m not too sure

another one I find this one more likely to have self seeded considering it’s in the middle of the sea grapes.

another washie 
another one near  a pine scrub

queens 

dypsis lutescens 

phoenix reclinata

chamaedorea elegans 

and that is all the ones I have pictures of.

All common species, that from what I have seen aren’t really invasive (Class 1 invasive anyway) as they aren’t really taking over (with the possible exception of phoniex reclinata). 

Im trying to think if I have seen anymore unique species out in the wild, I believe I saw a Bismarck somewhere but I don’t have any photos.

[Palms and Pines]

Here is a tall Washingtonia that likely self seeded, it’s actually growing pretty much right in the canal, I always admire it when I go by the area.

[Palms and Pines]

The dypsis (well I guess not dypsis anymore but thats going to take some getting used to) at turkey creek in palm bay has grown quite a bit and actually looks quite nice. I hope it doesn't get destroyed. There was a queen growing in the same park that was obviously wacked by machinery and a nice fruiting papaya that was cut down, which I don't understand when the park has a sign showing and wilding citrus, and the park has a lot of invasive Carrotwood no one's seemed to notice. I think it should either be none or all either no picking favorites, and they all go or just let the few naturalized plants go without picking favorites.

 

 

 

Edited February 21, 2023 by Palms and Pines

[Palms and Pines]

This might be the hardest to spot yet a Washingtonia among saw palmetto in the middle of a longleaf pine scrub. 

[ruskinPalms]

C. lutescens can definitely be spread by rats and squirrels. They have planted plenty around my yard and beyond over the past few years. 

Edited May 20, 2023 by ruskinPalms

[NickJames]

There is a vacant 1/3 acre lot diagonal from me in Deltona that is filled with oaks, sand pine, and completely covered in wild grape (therefore making the interior extremely light filtered and probably humid). 

The neighbor had disposed of her landscape clippings, unwanted plants, and the like in it for the last 25 years.

in fact, she has been known to somehow go in there and dig out plants she desires.

I have personally seen queens popping up through the jungle. I believe I’ve also seen a Washingtonia. The queens seem rather abundant, most likely as a result of the decades of discarding fruit in there. 

[FL_palms]

Some Washingtonia robusta that have naturalized in a local park here in NWFLMost likely where the seeds came from.

[knell]

took these in Seychelles, spread from the hotels below the mountains:

[Darold Petty]

Who has an image of the whole hillsides of Archontophoenix alexandrae on the wet side of Big Island ??

[Rivera]

On 1/21/2024 at 8:07 PM, Darold Petty said:

Who has an image of the whole hillsides of Archontophoenix alexandrae on the wet side of Big Island ??

These photos are from Donald R. Hodel's Loulu.

[Darold Petty]

Thanks Chris, I have that book,  LOL !

[Silas_Sancona]

Research paper from 2008 discussing aggressive / invasive palm sps ...and some of their negative impacts.. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237286817_Time_Bombs_in_Gardens_Invasive_Ornamental_Palms_in_Tropical_Islands_with_Emphasis_on_French_Polynesia_Pacific_Ocean_and_the_Mascarenes_Indian_Ocean

[FL_palms]

On 6/28/2022 at 7:49 PM, Palms and Pines said:

Here is a tall Washingtonia that likely self seeded, it’s actually growing pretty much right in the canal, I always admire it when I go by the area.

Where is this located at?