PalmsNorth.com

Yesterday was a nice day here and I was able to take some pictures of some palms on the UC Davis Campus at ~38degrees Northern Latitude in the Central Valley of CA.

I will post the name of the palm that I think it is but am probably a bit off on a couple of them.

I'll Start of with one of my favorites the biggest Jubaea that I have seen and not yet mature as far as i know.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8462173347/" title="Jubaea by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8462 ... ecb1ee.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Jubaea"></a>

Another smaller Jubaea:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463284806/" title="Jubaea small by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8463 ... 08b36d.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Jubaea small"></a>

Trachycarpus:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8462175295/" title="Trachycarpus by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8462 ... d6370a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Trachycarpus"></a>

Serenoa repens?:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463275164/" title="Serenoa repens by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8463 ... 59309a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Serenoa repens"></a>

Brahea armatas:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463281478/" title="Brahea armata by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8463 ... ddd1bf.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Brahea armata"></a>

Another:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463283402/" title="Brahea armata fat trunk by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8226/8463 ... ab0b0a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Brahea armata fat trunk"></a>

Here is the trunk close to 3 feet in diamter.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8462183809/" title="Brahea armata trunk by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8462 ... 5d32a1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Brahea armata trunk"></a>

Brahea edulis?:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463280368/" title="Brahea edulis by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8463 ... 422429.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Brahea edulis"></a>

Leaning Phoenix:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463279138/" title="Phoenix by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8463 ... 411e9f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Phoenix"></a>

Rhaphis:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32696326@N07/8463277920/" title="Raphis by hellos1011, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8463 ... 249037.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Raphis"></a>

Ah, those pics felt good, Dylan, thanks!

Any idea why those PDPs are leaning toward the big tree?
What's happening on the other side of them? erosion/flood?

That Jubaea is prime!

Barb

Great pictures! Those Jubaeas look so tropical for such a northern location. And those trachys are huge! From a distance, they might look sort of like washies. I wonder if the trachys near my house will look anything like that a few decades from now...

Barb,

I don't know why the Phoenix are leaning. The tops seem relativly healthy despite being nearly on their sides.

Dylan

Thanks for sharing! And to think I live a (little) south of there (36oN here in Tulsa).

Great bunch of pics. love the Brehea armatas. I think a cool hybrid would be Brehea armata x with a W. filifera.