Butia yatay
Jelly palm · also Yatay palm, Butiá-jataí, Butiá
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Butia yatay, also known as jelly palm or yatay palm, is a distinctive feather palm native to southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. It is the tallest species in its genus, characterized by arching silver-green fronds and a thick, sturdy trunk. This palm is highly valued for urban landscaping due to its drought and salt tolerance, cold hardiness, and compact growth habit.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 750.02%—8.7 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Palm
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–15 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Shallow soils
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.7 in, mean 9.7 in, 90th percentile 18 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Butia in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
