#81 most planted
Washingtonia robusta
Mexican fan palm · also Mexican washingtonia, Skyduster, Washington fan palm
PalmEvergreen
27,679
trees mapped
0.27%
of all named trees
8
cities
15 in
median trunk (38 cm, 26,864 measured)
30 yr
median age (91% have a planting date)
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The Mexican fan palm is a subtropical palm native to the Sonoran Desert. It is widely cultivated globally and is known to be the most common palm in Southern California, though it is considered a high-risk weed in Hawaii.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 25,3245.4%30 yr15 in
- 1,2554.8%—13 in
- 7760.58%—15 in
- 1850.11%—15 in
- 870.03%—11 in
- 500.03%—7.5 in
- 10.00%—5.0 in
- 10.01%—8.7 in
Traits
- Form
- Palm
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 50–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–20 ft
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 15 in, mean 15 in, 90th percentile 21 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.
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands
- Sonoran desert
Other Washingtonia in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
