MEDITERRANEAN SURVIVABILTY INDEX ZONE 4A: The Foxtail Zone

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This zone is the next zone on my list... plants here can survive temps to about 28-30F with some leaf damage, but at least survive. Wodyetia is the wimpiest on this list... but really is about the same as many of the others.

Zone 4A-1: 26-28F palms: Acanthophoenix crinita, Acrocomia aculeata, Arenga tremula, Attalea cohune and phalerata (at least until forms a trunk... which in a Mediterranean climate can be 25 years or more), Burretiokentia hapala, Caryota gigas, Caryota mitis (barely), Ceroxylon alpinum, Chamaedorea elatior, Chamaedorea klotschiana, Chamaedorea metallica, Chamaedorea pinnatifrons, Chamaedorea seifrizii, Chamaedorea stolonifera, Chamaedorea tepejilote, Chambeyonia macrocarpa, Coccothrinax argentata, Cyphophoenix elegans, Cyphophoenix nucele, Dypsis abmositrae (Australian), Dypsis baronii, Dypsis decaryi, Dypsis leptocheilos, Dypsis onilahensis, Dypsis utilis, Dypsis Slick Willy, Hedyscepe canterburyana, Howea belmoreana, Hyphaene thebaica, Lepidorrachis mooreana, Licuala ramsayi, Linospadix monostachya, Normambya, Oraniopsis, Pinanga gracilis, Pritchardia affiinis, Pritchardia lanaiensis, Pritchardia minor, Pritchardia remota, Ravenea glauca, Ravenea hildebrandii, Ravenea juliete, Ravenea moorei, Ravenea rivularis, Rhapis Alicia, Rhapis laoensis, Rhopalostylis baueri, Rhopalostylis sapida, Roystonea regia, Sabal mauritiiformis, Sabal yapa, Syagrus coronata, Syagrus oleracea, Syagrus picrophylla, Syagrus sancona, Syagrus schizophylla, Syagrus yungensis, Synecanthus fibrosus, Thrinax parviflora, Wodyetia x Veitchia (Foxy Lady)

Zone 4A-2: 28-30F palms: Actinokentia divariacata, Archontophoenix alexandrae, Archontophoenix maxima, Archontophoenix myolensis, Archontophoenix purpurea, Archontophoenix tuckeri, Arenga pinnata, Arenga caudata, Basselinia favieri, Basselinia gracilis, Beccariophoenix madagascariensis, Bismarckia green form, Burretiokentia koghiensis, Burretiokentia viellarida, Caryota cummingii, Caryota rumphiana, Chamaedorea arenbergiana, Chamaedorea brachypoda, Chamaedorea geonomiformis, Chamaedorea nationsiana, Chamaedorea oblongata, Chamaedorea tenella, Dittyosperma alba, Dypsis albofarinosa, Dypsis crinita, Dypsis fibrosa, Dypsis madagascariensis, Dypsis psammophila, Geonoma undata, Hyophorbe indica, Kentiopsis oliviformis, Licuala elegans, Linospadix minor, Livistona humilis, Pinanga coronata, Polyandrococos, Prestoea 'montana', Pritchardia beccariana, Pritchardia hildebrandii, Pritchardia kaale, Pritchardia lowyeyana, Pritchardia martii, Pritchardia schattaueri, Pseudophoenix sargentii, Ptychosperma caryotoides, Raphia farinifera, Roysteonea borinquenia, Schippia concolor, Syagrus botryophora, Syagrus glaucescens, Thrinax morissii, Thrinax radiata, Veitchia arecina, Wodyetia bifurcata.Palmbob 15:26, 20 July 2007 (PDT)