Trachycarpus fortunei
Chusan palm · also Chinese windmill palm, Hemp palm, Windmill palm
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This medium-sized evergreen palm, also known as the Windmill Palm, is native to subtropical and temperate montane forests of China and Myanmar. It is valued for its hardiness, salt tolerance, and distinctive fan-shaped leaves, and is noted for its slow growth and low water use.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,2410.27%35 yr7.5 in
- 2900.13%—7.5 in
- 2770.21%—9.0 in
- 1440.08%—10 in
- 950.01%—2.3 in
- 930.04%—6.0 in
- 830.02%—8.3 in
- 580.71%——
- 370.01%37 yr3.9 in
- 280.08%—8.1 in
- 100.02%15 yr—
- 30.02%—9.8 in
- 20.00%—4.1 in
- 20.00%—3.8 in
Traits
- Form
- Palm
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Sun
- Part shade
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Tolerates
- salt
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 7.5 in, 90th percentile 10 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
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests
- Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests
Other Trachycarpus in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
