Hardiness Observations in Palm Species

TABLE 1 - HARDINESS OBSERVATIONS

IN PALM SPECIES

Compiled by

Larry R. Noblick, Ph.D., Collections Manager, Montgomery Botanical Center

and Associate Researcher, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, FL

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The symbols are as follows: a " O ", a flag ,means that the plant came through the cold spell undamaged, with "flying colors"; a " J " means that it was slightly damaged; a " K " means that it was moderately damaged; a " L " means that the plant was severely damaged, sometimes to the point of near death, but recovered; a " M " means that the plant obviously "bombed out" and did not survive; finally a " u " indicates what its cold hardiness limits are thought to be and in some cases these limits may have to be re-evaluated.

Species	CEN	-8	-7	-6	-4.5	-3	-2	-1	0	1
	FAH	<=18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Acanthophoenix rubra						M
Aceolorraphe wrightii	18	u		O		O
Acrocomia aculeata						LJO
Acrocomia totai						O
Actinorhytis catapparia						u			O
Aiphanes aculeata (= caryotifolia)						ML			J
Aiphanes lindendiana						ML
Aiphanes minima (= acanthophylla, erosa)						Mu			J
Allagoptera arenaria					J	MO	O
Archontophoenix alexandrae						ML			J
Archontophoenix alexandrae var. beatricae					MLK	K
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana					M	LK
Archontophoenix purpurea						u				J
Areca aliciae						M			J	O
Areca catechu						M				L
Areca latiloba										O
Areca triandra						L			J	O
Areca vestiaria										O
Arenga caudata						K
Arenga engleri			u		O	KJO
Arenga pinnata					L	ML		M
Arenga porphyrocarpa						L
Arenga tremula						L			L
Arenga undulatifolia									K
Arenga wrightii						M
Attalea humilis									J
Astrocaryum mexicanum					L
Bactris gasipaes						L				J
Bactris major						L
Beccariophoenix madagascariensis						J
Bismarckia nobilis (intermediate)						L			K
Bismarckia noblilis (silver select)					LK	LJO			O
Borassus aethiopum					J	O
Brahea aculeata					O
Brahea armata	0	O				O
Brahea brandegeei				u		O
Brahea clara						O	O
Brahea dulcis						O
Brahea edulis			u		O
Brahea elegans							J
Brahea nitida						O	O
Butia capitata	10	O			O	O
Butia eriospatha						O
Butia paraguayensis						O
Calamus caryotoides						O
Calamus hollrungii										O
Calamus usitatus						O
Calytrocalyx sp.										O
Carpentaria acuminata					KL	u
Caryota cumingii						M
Caryota mitis					L	ML		L	K	J
Caryota ochlandra						ML	O
Caryota urens						ML	O		O
Ceroxylon alpinum						O
Ceroxylon quindiuense						O
Ceroxylon vogelianum							O
Chamaedorea brachypoda						LJ		O
Chamaedorea cataractarum					L	O
Species	CEN	-8	-7	-6	-4.5	-3	-2	-1	0	1
	FAH	<=18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Chamaedorea ernesti-augustii						M
Chamaedorea fragrans						M
Chamaedorea geonomiformis						M
Chamaedorea glaucifolia						MJO		O
Chamaedorea graminifolia						M
Chamaedorea klotschiana						MO
Chamaedorea liebmannii						M
Chamaedorea metallica						O
Chamaedorea microspadix			J		O	O
Chamaedorea oblongata						M
Chamaedorea oreophila						M
Chamaedorea pinnatifrons						M
Chamaedorea plumosa						O	O
Chamaedora pumila						O
Chamaedorea radicalis			u	O		O	O
Chamaedorea schiedeana						M
Chamaedorea seifrizii						LJ			O
Chamaedorea stolonifera						JO			O
Chamaedorea tenella						M
Chamaedorea tepejilote						Mu			J
Chamaerops humilis	0/9	uO			O	O
Chambeyronia macrocarpa						L			O
Chuniophoenix hainanensis						O	O
Coccothrinax argentata						MLO			J
Coccothrinax argentea						M
Coccothrinax barbadensis					J	MKO			O
Coccothrinax crinita					L	MLO
Coccothrinax eggersiana						ML
Coccothrinax fragrans						M
Coccothrinax martii						ML
Coccothrinax miraguama						MLJ			O
Coccothrinax yuraguana						M
Cocos nucifera						MLJ			J	J
Cocos nucifera "Green Maypan"						K			J
Copernicia alba					K	ML			O
Copernica baileyana					K	K			O
Copernicia berteroana						ML			J
Copernicia curtissii						K
Copernicia ekmanii						L
Copernicia fallaense						J			O
Copernicia glabrescens						LO
Copernicia gigas						L
Copernicia hospita						J			O
Copernicia macroglossa					J	MJ
Copernicia prunifera						MO
Corypha umbraculifera					L	MJ
Corypha utan						M
Cryosophila guargara										J
Cryosophila stauracantha						J
Cryosophila warscewiczii						ML			O
Cyphophoenix nucele						J
Daemonorops angustifolia						K			O
Dictyosperma album					ML	M			J	J
Drymophloeus beguinii						MuJ			J
Dypsis cabadae					L	L			J
Dypsis decaryi					L	M			O
Dypsis decipiens						J
Dypsis lanceolata										J
Species	CEN	-8	-7	-6	-4.5	-3	-2	-1	0	1
	FAH	<=18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Dypsis lutescens					L	LJ			O
Dypsis madagascariensis					M	LK			J
Dypsis pinnatifrons						u			O
Elaeis guineensis						MLJ				J
Euterpe edulis						M				J
Euterpe precatoria										O
Gastrococos crispa						J
Gaussia attenuata						M
Gaussia maya						ML			K	J
Guihaia argyrata	16	L				O	O
Gulubia microspadix									J
Hedyscepe canterburyana						M
Heterospathe elata						ML
Howeia belmoreana						M
Howeia fosteriana					K	MLK			O
Hyophorbe indica						M			J
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis					L	L				K
Hyophorbe verschaffeltiana						ML			O	J
Iguanura wallichiana										J
Iriartea gigantea										J
Johannesteijsmannia altifrons										O
Johannesteijsmannia magnifica										O
Jubaea chilensis	-4	L				O
Kerrodoxa elegans						K
Laccospadix australasica						O
Latania loddigesii					L	u			J
Latania lontaroides					L	u			L
Latania verschaffeltii						M			J
Lepidorrachis mooreana						O
Licuala elegans						J
Licuala grandis					J	MLJ			J
Licuala peltata						MJ			O
Licuala ramsayi						J			O
Licuala spinosa					LK	KJ			O
Linospadix monostachya						O
Livistona australis					JO	O
Livistona benthamii						JO
Livistona chinensis					LO	O
Livistona decipiens					O	O
Livistona drudei					O	JO			O
Livistona fulva						K
Livistona jenkinstana						J
Livistona mariae						JO
Livistona muelleri					J	MJ			O
Livistona rigida						JO			J
Livistona robinsoniana								O	J
Livistona rotundifolia					L	L		J
Livistona saribus					J	O	J		J
Lodoicea maldivica									J
Lytocaryum weddellianum						MJO
Marojejya darianii						M		J	O
Mauritia flexuosa						M
Nannorrhops ritchiana	-4/10	u				O
Nenga pumila										O
Nephrosperma vanhoutteanum						M
Normanbya normanbyi						O
Orbignya cohune						O
Orbignya phalerata						JO
Species	CEN	-8	-7	-6	-4.5	-3	-2	-1	0	1
	FAH	<=18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Phoenix acaulis						J			O
Phoenix canariensis	10	ML	u			O
Phoenix dactylifera			J			O
Phoenix hanceana						O
Phoenix loureirii						O
Phoenix paludosa						L			J
Phoenix pusilla						KJ			O
Phoenix reclinata			K			JO			O
Phoenix roebelenii				J	K	JO	O		O
Phoenix rupicola						JO			O
Phoenix sylvestris	-4	K			J	JO
Phoenix theophrasti			J			O
Physokentia dennisii										J
Physokentia insolida										J
Phytelephas macrocarpa						M
Pinanga coronata (P. kuhlii)						ML			J
Polyandrococos caudescens						K			O
Prestoea montana						M			O
Pritchardia beccariana					L	K			O
Pritchardia pacifica						M
Pritchardia thurstonii						ML
Pritchardia hildebrandii						K			O
Pritchardia vuystekiana									K
Pseudophoenix sargentii					L	JO
Pseudophoenix sargentii ssp. saonae						M
Pseudophoenix vinifera						M
Ptychosperma elegans						Mu			O
Ptychosperma macarthuri						M
Ptychosperma microcarpum					L
Raphia farinifera						L
Raphia taedigera						M			K
Ravenea madagascariensis						K			O
Ravenea rivularis						J			O
Ravenea sambiranensis						K			O
Ravenea xerophila						O
Reinhardtia gracilis						M			O
Reinhardtia latisecta									O
Reinhardtia simplex									O
Rhapidophyllum hystrix	-5	u	O		O	O
Rhapis excelsa					O	O
Rhapis humilis						O
Rhapis multifida						O
Rhapis subtilis						O
Rhopalostylis baueri						ML
Rhopalostylis sapida						JO
Roystonea oleracea						M
Roystonea regia						MLK			O
Sabal bermudana						O	O
Sabal causiarum			u			O
Sabal domingensis						O
Sabal etonia	5	u				O
Sabal guatemalensis							O
Sabal maritima						JO
Sabal mauritiiformis					J	JO			O
Sabal mexicana	10	u			O	O
Sabal minor	5	u	O			O
Sabal palmetto	10	u	O			O
Sabal parviflora						O	J
Species	CEN	-8	-7	-6	-4.5	-3	-2	-1	0	1
	FAH	<=18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
Sabal yapa						MJO			O
Salacca zalacca						M				O
Satakentia liukiuensis						u			J
Scheelea butryracea						J
Scheelea liebmanii						J			O
Scheelea robusta										J
Scheelea rostrata						L			O
Schippia concolor						J			O
Serenoa repens	15	u				O
Syagrus amara						LJ			J
Syagrus botryophora										K
Syagrus coronata						LKJ			J
Syagrus x costae						K
Syagrus oleracea						K			O
Syagrus picrophylla						L			O
Syagrus pseudococos						L			J
Syagrus romanzoffiana					LKJ	LO
Syagrus sancona						L
Syagrus schizophylla					L	ML
Syagrus stenopetala										J
Synechanthus fibrosus						MJ			O	O
Thrinax morrisii						JO			O
Thrinax parviflora						MJ			O
Thrinax radiata						KJ			O
Trachycarpus fortunei	0	J				O
Trachycarpus martianus			J			O
Trachycarpus takil						O
Trachycarpus wagnerianus	10	u	O			O
Trithrinax acanthocoma	5	u	O			O
Trithrinax brasiliensis						O
Trithrinax campestris			O		O	O
Veitchia merrillii						M			K
Veitchia montgomeryana					L	M			J	J
Wallichia disticha					J	L			J
Washingtonia filifera	0	O				O
Washingtonia robusta			J			O
Wodyetia bifurcata						LJ			O
Zombia antillarum					LJ	LJO			O

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Revised May 18, 1998