Wodyetia bifurcata
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Phil Markey
Family: Arecaceae Palm Tree
Common Name: Foxtail palm
Common Synonymy:
French: Palmier queue de renard. German: Fuchsschwanzpalme
Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a View the UK and US zone maps
Wodyetia bifurcata Information
Identification
Solitary trunk, slightly bottle-shaped, up to 15 m (50 ft) tall. Woodland slopes from 60-400 m (200-1300 ft). Melvile Range, Cape York Peninsula, Australia.
General Information
This spectacular palm, only discovered in 1978 and formally described in 1983, has a restricted natural distribution. It grows in prolific stands in the relatively harsh environment of the slopes of an eroded granite range. Situated in a national park, it is in open woodland among huge granite boulders, where the climate has a prolonged dry season.
Distribution
Native to: Australia
Location: Australia (-14.278502°N, 144.475372°E)
Observations
Map may not represent the complete natural distribution. (Markers display observation data).