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Chamaedorea seifrizii Burret
Bamboo palm

Chamaedorea seifrizii
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2012
In habitat as an invasive exotic, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Mexico and Central America

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

FLEPPC Status: Category II Invasive

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Chamaedorea seifrizii available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Chamaedorea seifrizii has been found in the following 20 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Alice C. Wainwright Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Not Native, Naturalized
Castellow Hammock parcel 31 Present Not Native, Naturalized
Castellow Hammock Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Delray Beach Municipal Beach Present Not Native, Naturalized
Everglades National Park Assumed to be Present Not Native, Naturalized
Florida City Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hattie Bauer Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Ingram Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center Present Not Native, Naturalized
Meissner Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Milton E. Thompson Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve Present Not Native, Naturalized
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Present Not Native, Naturalized
Rocky Point Hammock Present Not Native, Naturalized
Simpson Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
South Beach Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
Tree Island Park Present Not Native, Naturalized

Chamaedorea seifrizii has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Not Native, Naturalized
Monroe County (Keys) Not Native, Naturalized

Chamaedorea seifrizii has been found in the following 3 habitats :
Disturbed Upland
Pine Rockland
Rockland Hammock

All Images:

Chamaedorea seifrizii
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2012
In habitat as an invasive exotic, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Chamaedorea seifrizii
Copyright by: Michelle M. Smith, 2018
Naturalized at Florida City Pineland, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Chamaedorea seifrizii
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2012
In habitat as an invasive exotic, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Chamaedorea seifrizii
Copyright by: Paul Craft
from The Palm Nut Pages.
Chamaedorea seifrizii
Copyright by: Michelle M. Smith, 2018
Naturalized at Florida City Pineland, Miami-Dade County, Florida