Trachycarpus fortunei (Hooker) Wendland

Synonymy: Chamaerops excelsa, C. fortunei, T. excelsa Distribution: China
Common names: Chusan palm, Chinese windmill palm Conservation status: Unknown

 

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Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Infructescence; English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia

Photo taken 4 miles north of Olympia, WA, at noon on January 12, 1998.
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Trachycarpus fortunei in Clarkston, WA; these are quite
possibly the only ones growing outdoors in eastern Washington.

Top two and middle left photos courtesy and copyright © 1998, The Pacific Northwest Palm and Exotic Plant Society. Middle right and bottom two photos courtesy and copyright © 1998, Ian Barclay.

Cold-Rating Data Base
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information on this palm.

Click here for a key to the species of Trachycarpus
(by Martin Gibbons & Tobias W. Spanner)

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