Coccothrinax alta
 Silver thatch palm, Puerto Rican thatch palm, Tyre palm

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 Coccothrinax alta, Silver thatch palm

    

Description
   

Locality:

 Puerto Rico and Caribbean.

Cold Hardiness: 

 28-30 F.

Trunk type:

 Single trunk, woody but some thatch near crown.

Leaf type:

 Palmate  (fan shape) with silver underneath to the leaves.

Suckering/Solitary:

 Single

Maintenance:

 Average

Speed of growth:

 Medium

Height:

 25 feet

Soil requirements:

 Average moisture, good drainage.

Sun Requirements:

 Full sun

General Description:

 A nice thin trunked palm with an open crown of leaves flashing their silver at you if the sun is right.

Other Notes:

 Similar to Coccothrinax argentea but with more drooping leaflets

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