California Fan palm
Washingtonia filifera

Location: 43300 Mission Blvd.
District: Mission San Jose
Native to: California
Tree type: palm
Leaf retention: evergreen

Comments: Palm, native about streams and springs on borders of Colorado Desert, California and southwest Arizona. Long leaves stand apart in crown. as leaves mature, they bend down to form a skirt of thatch.

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Illustration by Philip Eaker