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Palms in New York City - DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE - PalmTalk
OK, palm789, your palm is fine and will never harm the foundation. This is because of a fundamental difference between most trees and palms. Oak trees and maples are Eudicot plants and palms are Monocot plants. Palms lack cambium, which causes the growing diameter of roots. Oak tree roots invade a tight space and then grow larger, exerting tremendous pressure on adjacent surfaces, like a house ...
This is specifically for photos and information of palms and exotics in located in cornwall. I will be posting photos of palm trees and exotics not in gardens in this forum. Feel free to add to it with you're own photos or information about the palms and exotics there.
This little palm from Fiji is quite a stunner with it’s dark grey almost black crown shaft, thin trunk, and droopy crown. I originally acquired three bare root seedlings, one died, one is on the puny side, and the other one is swoon worthy.
I thought it may be interesting to create a catalog of how many and which palm species are native to each of the 56 USA states and inhabited territories. Who else is on board and wants to help? Feel free to point out any errors I may have made. So far, I've counted the following numbers of palm s...