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i've never been to CA, but i've obviously seen pictures of the palms in LA. I've been all over Florida many times, and I hardly ever see them. I don't know what they're called, but I've seen them in tv/pictures in CA a lot. These are what I mean: http://i3.photoblog.com/photos7/54262-1217893903-0-l.jpg (broken link)
California Fan Palms or Mexican Fan Palms. They are closely related and hard to tell the difference between the two. They are native to desert oasis.
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All palm trees tend to look the same after you've seen like 5 different kinds. It gets to be no big deal. The palms I saw in Greece weren't that different than the ones I see in Florida. No big deal. I don't know, maybe because I spend a lot of time in Florida and I see them a lot.
San Francisco has tons of canary palms lining main thoroughfares such as Market Street, the Embarcadero, and Dolores Street. We also have some washingtonia's, most notably lining Mission Street. Aside from that, you'll see washingtonia's here and there in people's yards and whatnot, but not nearly to the same extent as in SoCal. The east bay and south Bay have a few more washingotnia's than SF as well.
some washingtonia palms along Mission Street in SF (my pics):
one more (not my pic):
Canary island palms lining the median of Dolores Street in SF (my pic):
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And how many times do you see Palms growing without human intervention in CA like in FL?
(Outside Orlando FL)
California has quite a few naturally occurring palm trees.. Such as those in this desert oasis (my pics):
and this desert oasis (from here on down, not my pics):
and this desert oasis:
and this desert oasis:
http://perezstudios.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/pict0213.jpg (broken link)
and this desert oasis:
...you get the point.
Does Florida have anything like that? I don't think so.....both states have naturally occurring palms, just in different climates. I would guess there's gotta be some naturally occurring palms in coastal southern California as well though.
San Francisco has tons of canary palms lining main thoroughfares such as Market Street, the Embarcadero, and Dolores Street. We also have some washingtonia's, most notably lining Mission Street. Aside from that, you'll see washingtonia's here and there in people's yards and whatnot, but not nearly to the same extent as in SoCal. The east bay and south Bay have a few more washingotnia's than SF as well.
some washingtonia palms along Mission Street in SF (my pics):
one more (not my pic):
Canary island palms lining the median of Dolores Street in SF (my pic):
California has quite a few naturally occurring palm trees.. Such as those in this desert oasis (my pics):
and this desert oasis (from here on down, not my pics):
and this desert oasis:
and this desert oasis:
and this desert oasis:
...you get the point.
Does Florida have anything like that? I don't think so.....both states have naturally occurring palms, just in different climates. I would guess there's gotta be some naturally occurring palms in coastal southern California as well though.
Cali is looking more and more attractive every picture I see. Especially that pick of SF and the hills behind it.
San Francisco has tons of canary palms lining main thoroughfares such as Market Street, the Embarcadero, and Dolores Street. We also have some washingtonia's, most notably lining Mission Street. Aside from that, you'll see washingtonia's here and there in people's yards and whatnot, but not nearly to the same extent as in SoCal. The east bay and south Bay have a few more washingotnia's than SF as well.
some washingtonia palms along Mission Street in SF (my pics):
one more (not my pic):
Canary island palms lining the median of Dolores Street in SF (my pic):
California has quite a few naturally occurring palm trees.. Such as those in this desert oasis (my pics):
and this desert oasis (from here on down, not my pics):
and this desert oasis:
and this desert oasis:
and this desert oasis:
...you get the point.
Does Florida have anything like that? I don't think so.....both states have naturally occurring palms, just in different climates. I would guess there's gotta be some naturally occurring palms in coastal southern California as well though.
I love that pic of yours from San Francisco, I like the colors on those palms, they need some of those in NYC. They have those palms with the "skirts" in Florida but the "skirts" fall off with the humidity and wind, the "skirts" make those palms unique from all the other palms.
California. The primary reason that there are not many very tall palms in Florida is because they are quite susceptible to lightning stirkes, which Florida has no shortage of.
Most palms in California, Nevada, and Arizona can survive of an EXTREMELY small amount of water. Las Vegas receives about 4 inches of rain a year but is still littered with healthy palm trees. Southern California goes 6 months without rain, but still has very healthy palms too.
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