Livistona chinensis
Chinese fan palm · also Fountain palm, Chinese fountain palm, Chinese cabbage palm
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This subtropical palm features a slender, solitary trunk and a picturesque canopy of shiny, six-foot-long, fan-shaped leaves with spiny petioles that droop gracefully. It produces clusters of dark-blue drupes that provide value to birds and small mammals. Although slow-growing, it is an incredibly invasive palm with some leaf damage occurring in cold conditions.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,7811.1%—9.1 in
- 880.03%—9.4 in
- 841.0%——
- 220.01%29 yr15 in
- 160.01%—7.7 in
- 10.00%—3.8 in
- 10.00%—12 in
Traits
- Form
- Palm
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Roots
- Invasive
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.1 in, mean 9.5 in, 90th percentile 11 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Hainan Island monsoon rain forests
- Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests
Other Livistona in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
