Growth of ornamental palms, Phoenix and Washingtonia, as epiphytes on suburban street trees in Albury, NSW, Australia
- 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.
Author: | Dirk H. R. Spennemann |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-583356 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.7751/cunninghamia. 2019.19.010 |
ISSN: | 0727- 9620 |
ISSN: | 2200 - 405X |
Parent Title (English): | Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2019 |
Year of first Publication: | 2019 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2021/02/10 |
Tag: | Phoenix canariensis; Washingtonia robusta; dispersal; frugivory; marginal environments |
Volume: | 19 |
Page Number: | 7 |
First Page: | 113 |
Last Page: | 119 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia / Cunninghamia : A Journal of Plant Ecology for Eastern Australia, Volume 19 (2019) |
: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-514446 |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |