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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Washingtonia robusta H. Wendl.
Desert palm, Washington fan palm

Washingtonia robusta
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. 

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Naturalizing from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

Other data on Washingtonia robusta available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Washingtonia robusta has been reported from the following 6 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dry Tortugas National Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Little Hamaca Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Long Key State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized




Washingtonia robusta has been reported for the following 4 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Coastal Berm
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland
Salt Marsh


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Washingtonia robusta
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Washingtonia robusta
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Washingtonia robusta
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Washingtonia robusta
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley