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Acoelorrhaphe
Allagoptera
Archontophoenix
Arenga
Bismarckia
Brahea
Burretiokentia
Butia
Calamus
Caryota
Ceroxylon
Chamaedorea
Chamaerops
Chambeyronia
Copernicia
Dypsis
Euterpe
Guihaia
Hedyscepe
Howea
Juania
Jubaea
Jubaeopsis
Lepidorrachis
Linospadix
Livistona
Lytocaryum
Nannorrhops
Parajubaea
Phoenix
Plectocomia
Pritchardia
Ravenea
Rhapidophyllum
Rhapis
Rhopalostylis
Sabal
Serenoa
Syagrus
Trachycarpus
Trithrinax
Wallichia
Washingtonia

LIST OF SPECIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

The following species have proven to be successful in various locations of Northern California. Most of these palm species have survived successive winters outside and have done as well as trees within their native range. Some may require overhead protection such as the typical under-story palms. Others that are experimental for Northern California are described as such and may also be listed.
"Cold tolerance" can be somewhat subjective. Temperatures listed can sometimes severely damage foliage while extended exposure may kill. Consideration should be taken for palms when temperatures approach tolerance levels. The Micro-climate within your garden may be influenced by humidity, surrounding thermal mass, amount of overhead exposure, wind protection, and other protective measures.

Scientific Name
157 total
Common Name
* easy to grow palms
Native ToFrond Type
Chamaedorea fragrans
(no photo)
SangapillaBoliviabifid
Chamaedorea metallicaMetallic PalmMexico Southeastbifid
Chamaedorea ernesti-augustiTuna-tail PalmGuatemalabifid
Chamaedorea stoloniferaReed Like PalmMexico Southeastbifid
Caryota obtusavar. gigasThailandbipinnate fishtail
Caryota gigasFishtailThailandbipinnate fishtail
Caryota ochlandra
(no photo)
Chinese Fishtail PalmChinabipinnate fishtail
Sabal causiarumPuerto Rican Hat Palm *Puerto Rico southwesterncostapalmate
Sabal palmetto var. ParvifloraParvifloraCubacostapalmate
Sabal uresanaSavannah PalmettoMexico Westerncostapalmate
Sabal dominguensis
(no photo)
unknownSanto Domingocostapalmate
Brahea armata var. Clara
(no photo)
var. ClaraMexico Sonoracostapalmate
Sabal etoniaScrub PalmettoUSA Floridacostapalmate
Sabal maritima
(no photo)
Bull Thatch PalmJamacacostapalmate
Brahea brandegeeiSan Jose Hesper PalmMexicocostapalmate
Sabal pumos
(no photo)
unknownMexicocostapalmate
Sabal palmettoPalmettoUSA Southeastcostapalmate
Sabal bermudanaBermuda PalmettoBermudacostapalmate
Sabal roseiunknownMexicocostapalmate
Sabal minor X Mexicana
(no photo)
Brazoria hybridUSA Texascostapalmate
Sabal mauritiiformis
(no photo)
Savannah PalmCentral Americacostapalmate
Sabal yapa
(no photo)
unknownCuba / Yucatancostapalmate
Caryota urens
(no photo)
Toddy PalmBurmafishtail
Washingtonia robustaMexican Fan Palm *Mexico Baja / Sonorapalmate
Sabal MexicanaTexana, Texas Palmetto *Mexico / USA / El Salvadorpalmate
Livistona nitidaCarnavon PalmAustraliapalmate
Acoelorrhaphe wrightiiEverglades PalmUSA Florida, Cubapalmate
Serenoa repensSaw palmettoUSA Southeastpalmate
Brahea nitidaOaxaca PalmMexicopalmate
Copernicia pruniferaCarnauba Wax PalmBrazilpalmate
Trithrinax schizophyllaCarandilla, Palma de monteArgentinapalmate
Trithrinax campestrisBlue Needle PalmArgentinapalmate
Trithrinax brasiliensisBrazilian Needle PalmBrazilpalmate
Trachycarpus wagnerianusWag *Asia Eastpalmate
Trachycarpus martianusKhasia Hills PalmIndiapalmate
Trachycarpus fortuneiChinese Windmill Palm *Chinapalmate
Trachycarpus takilKumaon Fan PalmIndiapalmate
Copernicia hospita
(no photo)
var. yareyCubapalmate
Brahea berlandieri -TilacoSilver Rock PalmMexico Northeasternpalmate
Brahea berlandierivar. bellaMexico Northeasternpalmate
Brahea mooreiDwarf Rock PalmMexico Northeasternpalmate
Brahea pimo
(no photo)
unknownMexicopalmate
Brahea armata X aculeatavar. NuriMexicopalmate
Washingtonia filibusta
(no photo)
filibustaUSA Southwesternpalmate
Brahea decumbens
(no photo)
Sierra Madre PalmMexico Northeasternpalmate
Trachycarpus nanusYunnan Dwarf PalmChina Southwestpalmate
Brahea elegansFranceschi PalmMexico, Sinaloapalmate
Guihaia argyrataSilver Back Fan PalmChina Southpalmate
Bismarckia nobilisBismark PalmMadagascarpalmate
Copernicia glabrescens
(no photo)
Guano PalmCubapalmate
Rhapis humilisSlender Lady PalmChinapalmate
Nannorrhops ritchianaMazari PalmMiddle Eastpalmate
Pritchardia minorunknownUSA Hawaiipalmate
Trachycarpus TakaghiiDwarf WagAsia Eastpalmate
Rhapis excelsaLady PalmChinapalmate
Rhapis multifidaFinger PalmChina Southernpalmate
Rhapis laosensisunknownLaospalmate
Livistona muelleriDwarf Fan PalmAustraliapalmate
Chamaerops humilisMediterranean Fan Palm *Europe Southernpalmate
Brahea aculeataSinaloa Hesper PalmMexicopalmate
Brahea dulcisRock PalmMexico Easternpalmate
Brahea edulisGuadelupe Palm *Mexicopalmate
Livistona saribusTaraw PalmAsia Southeastpalmate
Chamaerops humilis var. ArgenteaCeriferaAfrica Northpalmate
Livistona chinensis var. subglobossaSubglobossaTaiwanpalmate
Livistona speciosaMountain SerdangMalaysiapalmate
Livistona fulvaBlackdown TablelandAustraliapalmate
Livistona drudeiunknownAustraliapalmate
Livistona decipiensRibbon Fan Palm *Australiapalmate
Livistona chinensisChinese Fan PalmTaiwanpalmate
Livistona sp
(no photo)
Eungella RangeAustraliapalmate
Livistona australisAustralian Fan PalmAustraliapalmate
Brahea armataMexican Blue Palm *Mexico Baja / Sonorapalmate
Washingtonia filiferaCalifornia Fan Palm *USA California, Arizona, Bajapalmate
Sabal minorDwarf Blue Palmetto, Bush PalmettoUSA Southeastpalmate
Sabalvar. riverside *West Indiespalmate
Rhapidophyllum hystrixNeedle Palm, Hedgehog PalmUSA Southeastpalmate
Calamus caryotoides
(no photo)
Fishtail Lawyer Cane PalmAustraliapalmate spoke wheel
Butia eriospathaWoolly ButiaBrazilpinnate
Chamaedorea radicalisDwarf Bamboo PalmMexicopinnate
Butia capitata v. lax leafLax Leaf ButiaUruguaypinnate
Burretiokentia hapalaunknownNew Caledoniapinnate
Chamaedorea oreophilaunknownMexicopinnate
Phoenix paludosa
(no photo)
Mangrove Date palmAsia Southernpinnate
Chamaedorea graminifoliaXiat PalmGuatemalapinnate
Butia paraguayensisunknownParaguaypinnate
Dypsis onilahensisunknownMadagascarpinnate
Dypsis baronii
(no photo)
unknownMadagascarpinnate
Butia X Jubaeaunknowncultivarpinnate
Butia X SyagrusMule Palm or X Butiagrus nabbonandiiBrazilpinnate
Lytocaryum weddellianumVictorian Parlor PalmBrazilpinnate
Chamaedorea microspadixHardy Bamboo PalmMexicopinnate
Chamaedorea cataractarumCat or Cascade PalmMexico Southeasternpinnate
Chamaedorea oblongataunknownMexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras,pinnate
Chamaedorea klotzchianaunknownCentral Americapinnate
Plectocomia himalayanaHimalayan Rattan PalmIndia Northeastpinnate
Chamaedorea hooperiana
(no photo)
Maya PalmMexicopinnate
Chamaedorea pochutlensis x graminifoliaIrving Cantor varietyMexicopinnate
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana var. illawarraIllawarraAustraliapinnate
Chambeyronia macrocarpaFlame ThrowerNew Caledoniapinnate
Phoenix roebelenii x canariensisunknowncultivarpinnate
Butia capitataPindo Palm *Uruguaypinnate
Phoenix reclinata x roebeleniiunknowncultivarpinnate
Archontophoenix cunninghamianaKing PalmAustraliapinnate
Butia yatayYatay PalmArgentinapinnate
Phoenix reclinata x rupicolaunknowncultivarpinnate
Chamaedorea seifriziiBamboo PalmBelize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexicopinnate
Ceroxylon alpinum
(no photo)
Wax PalmVenezuelapinnate
Ceroxylon quindiuensePalma De CeraColumbiapinnate
Hedyscepe canterburyanaUmbrella PalmLord Howe Islandpinnate
Rhopalostylis sapidaNikau palmNew Zealand, Chatham Islandspinnate
Phoenix rupicolaCliff Date PalmIndiapinnate
Arenga micranthaBhutan ArengaBhutan / India Northeastpinnate
Parajubaea torallyiBolivian Mountain CoconutEcuadorpinnate
Parajubaea cocoidesQuito Coconut PalmEcuadorpinnate
Juania australisChontaChilepinnate
Chamaedorea elegansParlour Palm, Neanthe bellaMexico, Guatemala, Belizepinnate
Phoenix canariensisCanary Island Date Palm *Canary Island Chainpinnate
Chamaedorea costaricanaBamboo PalmCentral Americapinnate
Butia bonetticultivar bonettiBrazilpinnate
Phoenix pusilla x roebeleniiunknownAsia Southernpinnate
Rhopalostylis baueri
(no photo)
Norfolk Island PalmAustraliapinnate
Ravenea rivularisMajesty PalmMadagascarpinnate
Phoenix theophrastiiCretan Date Palm *Crete / Greece / Turkeypinnate
Rhopalostylis sapida var. Chathamvar. Chatham or OceanaNew Zealandpinnate
Syagrus x Butiahybridcultivarpinnate
Phoenix loureirii var. hanceanaHanceanaAsia Southeastpinnate
Phoenix roebeleniiPygmy Date PalmLaospinnate
Phoenix loureirii var. loureiriiMountain Date PalmIndia, Southeast Asiapinnate
Ceroxylon parvifronsGolden Wax Palm / Ramo PalmColumbiapinnate
Jubaea chilensisChilean Wine PalmChilepinnate
Dypsis decipiens
(no photo)
Manambe PalmMadagascarpinnate
Lepidorrachis mooreanaLittle Mountain PalmLord Howe Islandpinnate
Phoenix dactyliferaDateAfrica Northpinnate
Phoenix acaulisStemless Date PalmIndiapinnate
Phoenix roebelenii var. reasoneriReasoneriLaospinnate
Phoenix zeylanica
(no photo)
Ceylon Date PalmSri Lankapinnate
Ravenea glaucaMini-Majestic PalmMadagascarpinnate
Howea forsterianaKentiaLord Howe Islandpinnate
Phoenix reclinataSenegal Date PalmAfricapinnate
Chamaedorea tepejilote
(no photo)
Pacaya PalmMexicopinnate
Phoenix sylvestrisSilver Date PalmIndiapinnate
Jubaeopsis caffraPondoland PalmAfrica Southpinnate
Euterpe edulisCabbage PalmBrazilpinnate
Linospadix monostachyaWalking Stick PalmAustraliapinnate
Dypsis lutescens
(no photo)
Areca PalmMadagascarpinnate
Phoenix canariensis x dactyliferaParrot JungleUSA Floridapinnate
Wallichia densifloraWallich PalmNepalpinnate caryotoid
Syagrus sanconaColumbian FoxtailColumbiapinnate plumose
Ceroxylon vogelianumAndean Wax PalmPerupinnate plumose
Phoenix sylvestris var. robustaRobust Silver Date PalmIndiapinnate plumose
Chamaedorea glaucifoliaFrosty PalmMexicopinnate plumose
Chamaedorea plumosaunknownMexico Southernplumose
Syagrus spSilver Queen *Brazilplumose
Allagoptera arenariaSeashore Palm / Sand PalmBrazilplumose
Syagrus romanzoffianaQueen Palm *Brazilplumose
Arenga engleriDwarf Sugar Palm / Formosa PalmTaiwanpremorse


 
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