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Thrinax radiata (Florida thatch palm)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Thrinax radiata, the Florida thatch palm, is a medium to slow growing palm in the family Arecaceae, that is indigenous to many Caribbean islands, Central America, and far southern Florida. On average this species reaches a height of 20 feet with large compoundly segmented leaves which are 4 to 5 feet wide and 2.5 feet long. Like all palms, this species grows thick and low to the ground before sending its meristem vertical, gaining the form of a slender tree.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  No
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Tree
Height [2]  39 feet (12 m)
Fruit Color [2]  White

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Biscayne National Park II 11085 Florida, United States
Buenavista Wetland Reserve 778949 Cuba    
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park 1606900 Cuba  
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  

Predators

Melanoptila glabrirostris (Black Catbird)[5]
Psarocolius montezuma (Montezuma Oropendola)[6]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Ecology of the Black Catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris, at Shipstern Nature Reserve (Belize), and distribution in Yucatan., Annick Morgenthaler, Thesis, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Institut of Zoology, 2003
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0