The Mexican Fan Palm is widely planted as an ornamental throughout the sunbelt states and has naturalized in parts of southern California, Florida, and the Gulf Coast. Native to Baja California and Sonora, it is slender and taller than its California cousin, sometimes exceeding 100 feet. Invasive in some areas, it outcompetes native vegetation near streams. The dead frond skirts provide nesting sites for birds and roosts for bats.
Habitat
Naturalized in urban areas, roadsides, and disturbed habitats of the American Southwest and South.
Diet
Small fruits consumed by mockingbirds, crows, and other urban birds; skirts shelter roosting bats.
How common
Common
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