Scientific name: WashingtoniafiliferaWendl.
Latin name: Washingtoniafilifera
Alias: Elder Kwai, Washington Kwai
Family: Palmaceae
Genera: Palm Branch
Ecological classification: woody plants, evergreen trees
Watch Category: Shade
Height range: 20 (M)
Morphological characteristics:
The dry leaves droop, cover the stems, and there are often white, filiform fibers between the leaves, like old white hair.
The trunk is thick and straight, with slight swelling near the base. Below the canopy, dead leaves are hanging down. Leaves clustered with dry tops, obliquely or horizontally spreading, sagging below, gray-green, palmately midlaminate, rounded or fan-shaped folds, white silky fibers at the edges. Panicles, much branched. Small flowers, white. Drupe oval, black when cooked. Flowering from June to August.
Growth habits:
Hi warm, moist, sunny environment. It is more cold-resistant and will not cause freezing damage at a short temperature of -5 degrees. More drought-tolerant and resistant to thin soil. Not suitable for cultivation in high temperature and high humidity.
Landscape use:
It is a beautiful landscape tree. The dry leaves are drooping on the stem like a skirt. Some people call it "a skirt tree" and it is very interesting. There are white filaments between the leaves, and the old white hair, also known as the "elderly sunflower." . Should be planted in the garden to watch, you can also be a street tree.
This is one of the cold-tolerant species in palm plants. It can tolerate low temperatures of -6°C, is strong in wind and drought resistance, and grows rapidly. The trunk is straight and upright, the base is significantly enlarged, and the thick and red-brown trunk is exceptionally strong. striking.
The adult tree is tall and majestic, with a maximum height of 20m, a head diameter of 50-90cm, a beautiful canopy, and large leaves like fans, which are evergreen in all seasons. The curly, filiform white filaments of the palmate lobe between childhood, can give people a feeling of imagination. This species is planted on the roads of California, USA. It is almost a sign of the California road tree. Some people call it California Lik Kui. On both sides of the road, the beautiful landscape of Washington Kwai will give the occupants a pleasant visual enjoyment. Eliminate travel fatigue. In addition to being a road greening tree species, it is widely used as a landscape tree, a street tree, or on the side of overpasses and villas. In the wider areas such as parks, plazas, and riversides, they are planted or planted in groups to create beautiful tropical and subtropical scenery.
At present, there are several real estate real estate planted on Washington Kwai Hsien very unique, raising the landscape of the entire real estate, Chengdu Riverside planted a large number of Washington Kwai good performance, very popular with the people. The Wenjiang Rongxing Palm Garden in Sichuan Province has nearly 20,000 trees of various specifications in Washington, K.C.. From the growth situation in the past six years, it has performed well and has a beautiful shape. The leaf skirt of adult Washington Kwai is more than 10 meters long, which can give people a sense of vicissitudes and longevity. As a green seedling production, Washington Kwai has great market potential. It is currently one of the most value-added tree species in green seedlings.
Adapt to the area:
South China South Subtropical Evergreen Broad-Leaved Forest Area (main cities: Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Guangzhou, Foshan, Shunde, Dongguan, Huizhou, Shantou, Taipei, Liuzhou, Guiping, Gejiu)
Tropical monsoon forest and rainforest area (main cities: Haikou, Sanya, Qionghai, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Shenzhen, Zhanjiang, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Macau, Hong Kong, Nanning, Qinzhou Beihai, Maoming, Jinghong)
Washington Acorn size specifications table:
Head diameter dry high natural high crown remarks
45cm140-200cm3.5-4.2m2.5-3.5m
40cm120-180cm3.0-4.0m2.3-3.2m
35cm110-160cm2.8-3.5m2.0-3.0m
30cm90-140cm2.6-3.2m1.8-2.8m
25cm70-90cm2.4-2.8m1.6-2.6m
20cm55-65cm2.0-2.3m1.4-2.2m
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