Desert fan palm oases are rare ecological communities found only in the Colorado Desert.

The only palm native to California, Washingtonia filifera (desert fan palm), grow at the oases.

It also has the only native palm to California, Washingtonia filifera, or the Desert fan palm which is now common in artificial landscaping.

The refuge is also home to the Desert Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera), the only native palm in Arizona.

California Washingtonia, Northern Washingtonia, California fan palm, or Desert fan palm.

Washingtonia filifera (filifera - Latin "thread-bearing"), with the common names, Desert Fan Palm, California-palm, Fanpalm, Petticoat-palm, Cotton palm, Arizona Fan Palm and California Fan Palm.

Runoff from seasonal rains and groundwater springs forms desert arroyos, desert fan palm oases, freshwater marshes, brine lakes, desert washes, ephemeral and perennial streams, and riparian vegetation communities dominated by cottonwood, willow, and non-native tamarisk.

There are several major vegetation areas ranging from sand dunes/sand fields, chaparral and mesquite to riparian zones of willow and cottonwood, desert fan palm oasis woodland, and pinyon pine woodland, with the highest elevations supporting lodgepole pine timberline forest.

A notable tree whose fruits they harvested is the California fan palm.

The few trees present today, including California fan palms, Washingtonia filifera, were introduced in modern times.

These are relicts of the ice age when the range of California fan palms was much larger than its isolated groves today.

The California fan palm is described as the only palm native to the southwest United States.

California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)

For example, this range is the southernmost occurrence of the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera), a plant that is native further inland, was introduced to the city as a garden ornamental and is now naturalized.

Like the closely related Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm), it is grown as an ornamental tree.

California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera.

A notable tree occurring in the wild and under cultivation is the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

The endangered California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera has a small number of grove occurrences within the county.

In addition, it contains the only native California fan palms in the state of Arizona located high up in Palm Canyon.

It is also the home of the endangered California Fan Palm, and Washingtonia filifera is found in coastal groves.

Anza-Borrego has natural springs and oases, with the state's only native palm, the endangered California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera).

Yavapai County is also the location of several groves of the near-threatened California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

The Sierra Juarez is near the southern limit of the distribution of the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

Hellhole Palms is the site of a grove of California fan palms in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

For example, the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera occurs strictly west of Salado or the Balcones Fault.

California fan palm - Washingtonia filifera - the Mesquite Bosque association is one of the Kuchler scheme designation areas where this endangered palm may occur.

For example, the iconic California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera is found only west of the Balcones Fault, which feature runs through San Marcos Springs.

The Wilderness Area includes some remnant natural spring fed oasis with the only California native palm, Washingtonia filifera or the California Fan Palm.

Also in the eastern Santa Rosa Mountains, in canyons with natural oases, the native California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) is found, an endangered species.

For example, the species range of the endangered California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera does not extend north of the Maria fold-and-thrust-belt, or more specifically the Turtle Mountains.

The Indio Hills are along the San Andreas Fault, with natural springs supporting a native California Fan Palm - Washingtonia filifera oasis.

To the north are the Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir pine-oak forests, where a number of tree species are found including the near-threatened California Fan Palm.

Its high, bright glass-and-steel atrium, planted with 40 California palm trees, is scheduled to open for general use this summer.

Loss of desert vegetation, such as Mexican/California palm trees, oleanders, and iceplants to the cold weather was one of the results.

"These are real California palm trees, which are different from Florida palm trees," Mr. Traub said.

The California palms that line the long curving driveway have been draped with artificial Spanish moss to make them resemble the more lush, exotic foliage of the Deep South.

She was comfortably hidden behind cars parked in the lines ahead of her, and scattered tall Carolina pines-trees that reminded her of the California palms with their trunks that soared thirty feet before the first limb sprouted.

The larvae feed on Phoenix dactylifera and Washingtonia filifera.

California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera)

The only palm native to California, Washingtonia filifera (desert fan palm), grow at the oases.

For example, this range is the southernmost occurrence of the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera), a plant that is native further inland, was introduced to the city as a garden ornamental and is now naturalized.

Like the closely related Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm), it is grown as an ornamental tree.

California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera.

A notable tree occurring in the wild and under cultivation is the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

The endangered California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera has a small number of grove occurrences within the county.

It also has the only native palm to California, Washingtonia filifera, or the Desert fan palm which is now common in artificial landscaping.

It is also the home of the endangered California Fan Palm, and Washingtonia filifera is found in coastal groves.

Anza-Borrego has natural springs and oases, with the state's only native palm, the endangered California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera).

The refuge is also home to the Desert Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera), the only native palm in Arizona.

Yavapai County is also the location of several groves of the near-threatened California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

The Sierra Juarez is near the southern limit of the distribution of the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera.

For example, the California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera occurs strictly west of Salado or the Balcones Fault.

For example, the iconic California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera is found only west of the Balcones Fault, which feature runs through San Marcos Springs.

Also in the eastern Santa Rosa Mountains, in canyons with natural oases, the native California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) is found, an endangered species.

For example, the species range of the endangered California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera does not extend north of the Maria fold-and-thrust-belt, or more specifically the Turtle Mountains.

Examples of such large drupe clusters include Jubaea chilensis in central Chile and Washingtonia filifera in the Sonoran Desert of North America.

The recent discovery of the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in Southern California may pose a threat to many palms, with coastal garden Washingtonia filifera trees already a known host.

Washingtonia palms (Washingtonia filifera, W. robusta) - These palms are native to southern California and northwest Mexico, growing as high as 30 m in their native habitat.

The California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) groves, part of the natural community of oasis riparian woodland, are located at permanent water sites of both Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains.

For example, the California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera) is the only species of palm tree that is native to the continental United States west of the Hill Country's Balcones Fault.

According to William Bright, when the word "palm" appears in Californian place names it usually refers to the native California fan palm, Washingtonia filifera, which is abundant in the Palm Springs area.