Florida Silver Palm

It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida.  Should be acquired only from properly licensed sources.



Specimen plant. Slow-growing hedge or background plant. Notable for the silver-white undersides to its leaves.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.

Slow growing.

Used by birds for nesting and food.

Pine rockland, rockland hammock, maritime hammock

• Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
• Larval host for monk skipper (Asbolis capucinus).
• Bees are attracted to the flowers (Khorsand 2009).