Senegal Date Palm

Phoenix reclinata

Found in cultivated and persistent. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Do not plant. Listed invasive in Florida.

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 20 Florida counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Phoenix

Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Homaledra sabalellaPalm Leaf Skeletonizer
Litoprosopus futilisCabbage Palm Caterpillar, Palmetto Borer
Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Arecaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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