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Arecaceae
Rhapidophyllum

not marked as a favorite taxon Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendland & Drude. Common name: Needle Palm, Blue Palmetto. Habitat: Moist to wet soils of small blackwater stream swamps, especially where underlain with coquina limestone ("marl"), hydric hammocks and rich, wetland-upland transitions. Distribution: Se. SC (Beaufort and Jasper counties) south to c. peninsular FL, and west to s. MS. Becoming somewhat popular as a hardy palm that can be grown in the Southeast, well north of its natural range. As a result, records of it naturalizing northwards should be anticipated; reported for the mountains of TN (J. Shaw., 2020, iNaturalist and pers.comm.)

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ID notes: The base of the petioles and inflorescences of this species are conspicuously sheathed (ground-level).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, GW1, K4, S, S13, WH3, Zona (1997); = n/a — RAB; Chamaerops hystrix (Fraser ex Thouin) Pursh. Basionym: Chamaerops hystrix (Fraser ex Thouin) Pursh 1814

Links to other floras: = Rhapidophyllum hystrix - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image #1 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Keith Bradley
image #2 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) source CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alan Cressler: Rhapidophyllum hystrix, unripe fruit, Savage Creek, Twiggs County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alan Cressler: Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Muscogee County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
image #18 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #21 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alvin Diamond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alvin Diamond source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #22 of Rhapidophyllum hystrix© Alan Cressler: Rhapidophyllum hystrix, and Sabal minor, Oconee River Floodplain, Riverbend Wildlife Management Area, Laurens County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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native range: SC, GA, FL, AL & MS



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