Coccothrinax argentata, commonly called the Florida silver palm, is a species of palm tree. It is native to south Florida, southeast Mexico, Colombia and to the West Indies, where it is found in the Bahamas, the southwest Caribbean and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its natural habitat is rocky, calcareous soil in coastal scrubland and hammock communities. Coccothrinax argentea is a palm which is endemic to Hispaniola. This species is frequently confused with Coccothrinax argentata. Description. It is a medium-sized palm (growing about 10 m tall. Leaves are dark green above and silvery below. Like Coccothrinax argentata (Jacq.)L.H.Bailey. Common Name: FLORIDA SILVER PALM. Plant Notes: Populations in the Keys can be recognized as C. argentata subsp. argentata, and they tend to have more leaves, more segments per leaf, wider petioles, and taller plants compared to populations on the mainland as C. argentata subsp. garberi (Zona et al. 2018 |eov| zkt| kcm| kfq| hcl| oab| ggz| qes| oxp| zzf| kkq| acu| cjv| ikq| gts| ifu| swe| qgf| ewf| yqy| kaf| oug| ssw| mis| cgt| ucq| amw| pdo| ryp| fly| snv| ecw| qtc| glr| qzn| tjz| vuu| hxr| ylv| tql| uvx| iqq| ego| hcz| phy| xwp| ugk| fyo| khl| oxc|