ID this Palm
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SkwerI
Treehouser
Can we get a bigger picture?
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Mr. Sir
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Kinda hard to tell from that tiny pic. Did it have thorns along the stalks of the fronds? Maybe a Washingtonia robusta?
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cut the heck out of my hands sawing off a few fronds. Sorry about picture size, tried three ways to make it larger so far.
It was super soft. spurs fell right into it but couldn't hardly pull them out again
there were what could be thorns or spikes on the frond stalks. I think I was getting cut from the fronds also.
it looked like such an innocent little tree from the ground.
It was super soft. spurs fell right into it but couldn't hardly pull them out again
there were what could be thorns or spikes on the frond stalks. I think I was getting cut from the fronds also.
it looked like such an innocent little tree from the ground.
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Mr. Sir
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Kind of like two rows of fish hooks on every frond?
SkwerI
Treehouser
If you've already shrunk the picture then you can't really make it bigger. You'd have to go back to the source file.
Looks like it might could be a type of Washie.
Looks like it might could be a type of Washie.
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Didn't really look that closely at the fronds other than what was in the lines and what I could save.
I was more paying attention to how I was removing them, not having worked on one before, and taking directions from the Utility Forester.
I was more paying attention to how I was removing them, not having worked on one before, and taking directions from the Utility Forester.
NickfromWI
King of Splices
Not much to go on there. I see that the diameter of the trunk looks to be about 1 foot, and it is a fan-type palm.
Any chances of getting more, bigger, better pics?
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Any chances of getting more, bigger, better pics?
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vharrison
Island Girl
I would agree with Brian and Brett, some type of Washingtonia.
rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Where was the picture taken? I've forgotten where Hurricane Ike hit.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Washingtonia.
jefflovstrom@sb
TreeHouser
It is a washingtonia felifera (California fan palm) the robusta is skinnier trunk.
Jeff
hope I spelled right
Jeff
hope I spelled right
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Washingtonia
Those things are great when you're piecing them out and a barb runs down your wrist, then snags your glove and just hangs there.
That's cutting in one cut,
some toss the frond and then drop the frond boot with two cuts.
Those things are great when you're piecing them out and a barb runs down your wrist, then snags your glove and just hangs there.
That's cutting in one cut,
some toss the frond and then drop the frond boot with two cuts.
Tree Reb
TreeHouser
They're on my Don't do them list now. I hate them, but I do it like that.
SkwerI
Treehouser
The easiest way to trim them is to make sure you cut the stem behind the last thorn. Do not leave stubs with thorns on the trunk, because they will just be in your way and hurt you when you try to make the next cut.
It's amazing how many people trim these things for years and still leave stubs with thorns on every cut, then they whine about how they always get stuck when trimming them.
It's amazing how many people trim these things for years and still leave stubs with thorns on every cut, then they whine about how they always get stuck when trimming them.
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