order
Palms, Bullanocks, and Allies
Arecales
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native palms, bullanocks, and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Cabbage Palmetto
Sabal palmetto
caterpillars
6
food
14
flowers
29
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Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens
caterpillars
6
food
5
flowers
73
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Scrub Palmetto
Sabal etonia
caterpillars
2
food
1
flowers
17
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California Fan Palm
Washingtonia filifera
caterpillars
1
hosts
1
food
4
flowers
27
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Mexican Palmetto
Sabal mexicana
caterpillars
1
food
38
flowers
2
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Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
caterpillars
1
flowers
5
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Florida Thatch Palm
Thrinax radiata
food
1
flowers
3
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Everglades Palm
Acoelorraphe wrightii
food
1
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Stickybud Pritchardia
Pritchardia viscosa
flowers
1
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Royal Palm
Roystonea regia
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Needle Palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
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Key Thatch Palm
Leucothrinax morrisii
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Koʻolau Range Pritchardia
Pritchardia martii
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Alaka'i Swamp Pritchardia
Pritchardia minor
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Hawai'i Pritchardia
Pritchardia maideniana