TY  - JOUR
A1  - Spennemann, Dirk H. R.
T1  - Growth of ornamental palms, Phoenix and Washingtonia, as epiphytes on suburban street trees in Albury, NSW, Australia
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - Palms are ubiquitous as landscaping plants in many urban areas. Dispersed by frugivorous birds and often tolerated as self-seeded plants by the property owners, Phoenix canariensis (Canary Islands date palms) and two species of fan palms (Washingtonia robusta and Washingtonia filifera) in particular, have become established in many urban spaces. This paper examines the establishment of such self-seeded palms as epiphytic growth in crooks and branch scars of suburban street trees. Given the limited nutrient availability and the restricted space for rootmass development, these palms undergo a natural bonsai process. Some palms have persisted for over a decade without reaching sexual maturity. While the epiphytic growth demonstrates the palms' further dispersal capability, it does not appear to increase their potential invasiveness into new areas of land.
KW  - Phoenix canariensis
KW  - Washingtonia robusta
KW  - dispersal
KW  - marginal environments
KW  - frugivory
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/58335
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-583356
SN  - 0727- 9620
SN  - 2200 - 405X
VL  - 19
SP  - 113
EP  - 119
ER  -