Washingtonia robusta

[Luc]

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[Stan]

Century old palms near Mission San Jose, Fremont,CA.

[Stan]

On a rainy day.( Jacarandas below) Fremont ca.

[Stan]

Very weepy foliage.

[Luc]

I'm wondering if it's not a Livistona chinensis hence the weepy foliage and the unstraight trunk.

[Stan]

This was about 40' and I had doubted Livistona reach that heights here. It was at a historical nursery..so a chance.
Now looking...yes,its L.australis. The trunk settles it.
Well,if the mod wants to delete,I can repost to the correct palm.

[Geoff]

Livistona was my first thought when I saw this photo... wish I could see the leaf bases better... Livistonas have unsplit leaf bases while Washingtonias have widely split leaf bases.

[Stan]

I will try to get more pics..I have be out that way. Today i was looking at some 60-70 year old Washys in Hayward- and that trunk ringing looked the same near the top. Plus,the Livistona's are usually vertical aren't they? This one in the photo had a coconut like curve.

[Meangreen94z]

Rio Grande Valley/South Padre Island