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Coccothrinax argentata (Jacq.) L.H. Bailey
Florida silver palm

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern South Florida and the West Indies (Bahamas, possibly Cuba). Also recently discovered at Middle Cape Sable on the Monroe County mainland (J. Sadle, email comm. 2013).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Vulnerable

State of Florida Status: Threatened

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Rare

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This is widespread along the southeastern Florida coast from west of Key West to central Palm Beach County; it is also abundant on the Miami Rock Ridge. It grows in pine rocklands and in shrubby coastal forests and thickets. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Rare in South Florida in July 2018.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Synonyms: C. argentea, misapplied.

Other data on Coccothrinax argentata available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Coccothrinax argentata has been found in the following 84 conservation areas :
Andrew Dodge Memorial Pineland	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Bartlett Estate	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Presumed Extirpated	Presumed Extirpated
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Hollywood North Beach Regional Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
John Kunkel Small Pineland	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Reported
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Medlock Pineland	Present	Native
Meissner Hammock	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Parcel 3063, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Beach Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Coccothrinax argentata has been found in the following 5 counties :
Broward County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native