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Thrinax radiata Lodd. ex J.A. & J.H. Schultes
Green thatch palm, Florida thatch palm

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Other data on Thrinax radiata available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Thrinax radiata has been found in the following 38 conservation areas :
Arch Creek Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Reported
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
South Beach Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Spoonbill Sound Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Thrinax radiata has been found in the following 4 counties :
Collier County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated