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Brahea edulis
Also called Guadeloupe Palm, Rock Palm, Sweet Brahea Palm
Brahea edulis, the Guadalupe palm or palma de Guadalupe, is a palm endemic to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, although a few stands have been planted elsewhere. It is a fan palm which grows 4.50 to 13 metres (15 to 43 ft) tall. It grows on the island between 400 and 1,000 metres (1,300 and 3,300 ft) above mean sea level (ASL), with this altitudinal zonation producing one of the few fog oases present in North America.
Brahea edulis is endemic to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, found in a monospecific grove around 20 hectares in area between 400 and 1,000 metres (1,300 and 3,300 ft) ASL on the north end of the island The scarped terrain, along with the maritime climate of the island, produces one of the few true fog oases in North America. The mainland Baja California desert is influenced by fog, but the effect is greatly diluted by the lack of steep topography. Although the island's rainfall is low, about 133 mm (5.2 in) per year, the effect of the fog and the topography produces an environment similar to the lomas of South America.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brahea edulis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
