South Florida Palm ID

[rttunc]

I recently walked the nature trails at the Hugh Taylor Birch state park in Fort Lauderdale, FL and ran across some very beautiful palms growing freely in the woods. I have had some difficulty identifying them, any help would be appreciated!  

[idontknowhatnametuse]

1: Serenoa Repens

2: Dypsis Lutescens (Not Native)

3: Ptychosperma Sp. or Adonidia Merrillii (Not Native)

4: Ptychosperma Elegans (Not Native)

[Steve the palmreader]

5 hours ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

1: Serenoa Repens

2: Dypsis Lutescens (Not Native)

3: Ptychosperma Sp. or Adonidia Merrillii (Not Native)

4: Ptychosperma Elegans (Not Native)

#2 could be a Royal

[idontknowhatnametuse]

5 hours ago, Steve the palmreader said:

#2 could be a Royal

You're right, I forgot royals are Florida natives. I thought they were D. Lutescens because I heard they had become naturalized because people planted them a lot in their gardens.

[rttunc]

5 hours ago, Steve the palmreader said:

#2 could be a Royal

I was thinking that.

[rttunc]

3 minutes ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

You're right, I forgot royals are Florida natives. I thought they were D. Lutescens because I heard they had become naturalized because people planted them a lot in their gardens.

I forget too!

[Valhallalla]

Did you spot any of the remnant native Coccothrinax argentata that live in the park? Possibly the last wild examples of the species in coastal Broward County.

They are wonderful palms at any size.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=26.2118599860931&nelng=-80.08716504628937&place_id=any&subview=map&swlat=26.07036502704655&swlng=-80.20396905117413&taxon_id=133690

[rttunc]

I didn't unfortunately, but they would have been a great sighting!