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    Washingtonia filifera, the desert fan palm, California fan palm, or California palm, is a flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the...
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    over the single seed. There are three species: Washingtonia robusta, Washingtonia filifera, and Washingtonia filibusta The fruit is edible, and was used...
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    thin-fleshed. It is one of two species in the genus Washingtonia. The other is the close relative Washingtonia filifera, which occupies a more northerly distribution...
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    drupe clusters include dates, Jubaea chilensis in central Chile and Washingtonia filifera in the Sonoran Desert of North America. Drupe-like "fruits" are...
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    elephant tree, and boojum tree occur. The California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) is found in the Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert,...
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    Washingtonia × filibusta is a hybrid of the species Washingtonia filifera and Washingtonia robusta. Stores do not sell purebreds, they sell the hybrid...
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    systems and for species distributions, e.g., the California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) is the only species of palm tree native to the continental United...
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    place names, it usually refers to the native California fan palm, Washingtonia filifera, which is abundant in the Palm Springs area. Other early names were...
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    September 5, 1914. It may be the most-often-moved palm in the city. The Washingtonia filifera fan palm now on Exposition Park Drive just off Figueroa Street sits...
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    certain species occurrence. For example, the California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) is the only species of palm tree that is native to the continental...
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    Fault in the Coachella Valley. The only palm native to California, Washingtonia filifera (desert fan palm), grows at the oases. Some sub-regions of the Colorado...
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    trunk-forming members. Some common palms restricted to solitary growth include Washingtonia and Roystonea. Palms may instead grow in sparse though dense clusters...
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    location of several groves of the near-threatened California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera. Yavapai County is home to Arcosanti, a prototype arcology, developed...
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    species found in the Borrego Springs area is the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera, a lower risk/near-threatened species and the only palm native to...
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    second most economically valuable native plant (overshadowed only by Washingtonia filifera—California fan palms, used as ornamental trees). Jojoba prefers...
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    California dalea (Psorothamnus arborescens), California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) and goldenhead (Acamptopappus shockleyi). Along with these other...
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    variety of flora and fauna. The endangered California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera grows in a few spots in the county. Mohave County – north Yavapai...
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    occurrence. For example, species such as the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera, occur only west of the Medina River or Balcones Fault. The Medina...
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    occurrence of some species; for example, the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera occurs only at or west of Comal Springs, i.e. Balcones Fault zone...
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    Bostrichidae, and sometimes a pest of palm trees, especially Washingtonia filifera and Washingtonia robusta. It is native to extreme southern California and...
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    various vegetative species. For example, the California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) is found only west of the Texas Coastal Bend, or more specifically...
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    flora and fauna, including the endangered California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera, Bighorn sheep inhabit the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto mountain ranges...
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    sylvestris, Roystonea regia, Sabal palmetto, Trachycarpus fortunei, Washingtonia filifera, and W. robusta. Lab studies have reared the insect on diets of...
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    in canyons with natural oases, the native California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) is found. They are also the home of a population of endangered...
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    and/or the Balcones Fault. For example, the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera occurs only in the western USA west of the Medina Valley and Balcones...
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    Springs An ocotillo plant common in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Washingtonia filifera in Borrego Palm Canyon. Video clip Cylindropuntia bigelovii. Video...
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    the horticulture of more cold-sensitive plants such as Washingtonia filifera and Washingtonia robusta palms, nearly all of which died off during the February...
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    components. The few trees present today, including California fan palms (Washingtonia filifera) were introduced in modern times. However, early written accounts...
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    Desert mistletoe - Phoradendron californicum California fan palm - Washingtonia filifera - the Mesquite Bosque association is one of the Kuchler scheme designation...
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    intra-organismic Batesian mimicry characteristic of Aloe species (Liliaceae), Washingtonia filifera (Arecaceae), and dozens of species of Agave, including A. applanta...
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