MEDITERRANEAN SURVIVABILTY INDEX ZONE 2B: The Cliff Date Zone

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This is a listing of palms that seem to have survived temps as low as 25-26F/-3.88,-3.33C... however, some show significant leaf damage at that temp, and those palms will be listed at the bottom of the list. Other than leaf burn versus minor leaf burn, I cannot organize these palms any better than that.

Zone 2B-1: No to minimal leaf burn at 22-24F/-5.55,-4.44:

  • Brahea brandegei
  • Brahea decumbens
  • Chamaedorea microspadix
  • Chamaedorea radicalis
  • Copernicia alba
  • Guihaia argyrata
  • Livistona mariae
  • Livistona nitida
  • Livistona rigida
  • Phoenix sylvestris
  • Sabal causiarum
  • Sabal domingensis
  • Sabal mexicana
  • Sabal rosei


Zone 2b-2: No to minimal leaf burn at 24-25F/-4.44,-3.88C:

  • Allagoptera arenaria
  • Allagoptera campestris
  • Arenga micrantha
  • Bismarckia nobilis blue/silver form
  • Brahea pimo
  • Chuniophoenix hainensis
  • Chuniophoenix nana
  • Copernicia glabrescens
  • Copernicia prunifera
  • Dypsis decipiens seedlings (up to 15 gal)
  • Dypsis saintlucei
  • Licuala spinosa
  • Livistona drudei
  • Livistona muelleri
  • Livistona saribus
  • Lytocaryum hoehnei
  • Lytocaryum weddellianum
  • Phoenix loureiroi
  • Phoenix pusilla
  • Phoenix rupicola
  • Ravenea xerophila
  • Rhapis excelsa
  • Rhapis subtilis
  • Sabal Blackburnia
  • Sabal pumos
  • Sabal uresana
  • Trachycarpus princeps
  • Trithrinax schizophylla

Palmbob 19:03, 24 July 2007 (PDT)