PLANTS Profile for Rhapidophyllum hystrix (needle palm)

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Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude
needle palm

Symbol:

RHHY

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Arecaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude

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Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude

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Distribution:
Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude


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USA (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)

Related Taxa:
Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude

View 55 genera in Arecaceae, 1 species in Rhapidophyllum

Classification:
Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arecales
Family	Arecaceae – Palm family
Genus	Rhapidophyllum H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude – rhapidophyllum
Species	Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude – needle palm

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
needle palm		Commercially Exploited

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Pursh) H. Wendl. & Drude ex Drude

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42497.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 12:49 AM CDT