Royal Palms native to coastal Cape Sable region?

[Ubuntwo]

In this satellite image of Cape Sable, you can see several small groves of palms a few hundred feet inland. There is one individual right on the beach that looks like cocos almost certainly, but the groupings a bit further away look more like roystonea. However I can't find any documentation on this population, and I'm not even sure royals can survive coastal conditions in this location. Does anybody have some documentation or information about this population? Or at least some input as to whether these are royals or something else

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.1543549,-81.1231136,153m/data=!3m1!1e3

[kurt decker]

I have heard that there is a population of thrinax radiata on Cape Sable. I have no idea as to the validity of that. But I have never heard of roystonea in that area.

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

On ‎3‎/‎9‎/‎2018‎ ‎3‎:‎28‎:‎18‎, Ubuntwo said:

In this satellite image of Cape Sable, you can see several small groves of palms a few hundred feet inland. There is one individual right on the beach that looks like cocos almost certainly, but the groupings a bit further away look more like roystonea. However I can't find any documentation on this population, and I'm not even sure royals can survive coastal conditions in this location. Does anybody have some documentation or information about this population? Or at least some input as to whether these are royals or something else

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.1543549,-81.1231136,153m/data=!3m1!1e3

Ian,

Welcome to the forum.  I am certain that the palm on the beach is a Jamaican Tall Coconut Palm, as that is the original Coconut Palm growing along the coast of South Florida.  I am honestly surprised that there are not at least a few more Jamaican Tall scattered up and down the beach there.  And it looks like there are indeed about 3 mature Royal Palms just inland of the beach to the right of the Coconut Palm in the jungle canopy there!  I think that because that is the Gulf Coast/Florida Bay area of the Peninsula where the sea water is VERY SHALLOW and NOT much tidal difference there, so unless there is a hurricane coming into the area, it would never see any sea water inundation, and the high rainfall there and because of the lighter sea breeze than the Atlantic Coast of South Florida, would probably be enough rain to alleviate the salty air conditions enough for Royal Palms to grow there in the jungle.

John

Edited March 12, 2018 by Mr. Coconut Palm