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Rhapidophyllum hystrix

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Rhapidophyllum hystrix, the needle palm, is a palm native to coastal margins of the subtropical eastern Gulf and south Atlantic states of the United States. Populations can be found from coastal southeast South Carolina, southward to Florida and west across the coastal plain of Mississippi and southern Alabama. It is one of the most cold-hardy palms in the world, and can be found growing in several areas with warm temperate climates.

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Family
Arecaceae

How to use it

The needle palm is highly valued for its extreme cold hardiness, allowing it to be grown in warm temperate climates well outside the range of most other palm species.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Slug
rhapidophyllum-hystrix
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Rhapidophyllum
Species
hystrix
Wikidata QID
Q1066988
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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