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Palms
Plants that have non-woody stems, one growing point, and leaves that are either fan or feather shaped.
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Common Name
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Scientific Name
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Remarks
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Texas Sabal Palm
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Sabal texana
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Sun, slow growing, cold hardy palm
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California Fan Palm
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Washingtonia filifera
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15'-60'
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Tree-like palm; sun. Hybrids with W. robusta can be taller
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Butia or Jelly Palm
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Butia capitata
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10'-15'
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Feather palm with blue-green leaves; sun
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Canary Island Date Palm
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Phoenix canariensis
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40'
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Beautiful feather palm; may be damaged in very cold winters
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Dwarf Palmetto
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Sabal minor
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3'-7'
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Trunkless, bushy palm; sun, part shade
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European Fan Palm
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Chamaerops humilis
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6'-12'
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Tough, clumping fan palm with spiny petioles
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Mazari Palm
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Nannorrhops ritchiana
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6'-25'
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Slow growing fan palm with blue-green leaves
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Mexican Blue Palm
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Brahea armata
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12'-25'
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Fan palm with blue-green leaves; sun
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Needle Palm
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Rhapidophyllum hystrix
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5'-6'
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Clumping shrublike palm foliage for sun to part shade
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Silver Saw Palmetto
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Sorenoa repens
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3'-6'
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Clumping low palm in both blue and green forms
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Texas Palmetto
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Sabal texana
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10'-25'
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Tall, native Texas palm; sun
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Windmill Palm
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Trachycarpus fortunei
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10'-35'
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Tree-like; sun; not considered a canopy; good foundation plant
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