[roadcat]

Y’know all the tall, high-maintenace Date Palms you see on Florida’s highways? They’re mature trees TRUCKED-IN from California!

We have lots of palm trees here in the SF Bay Area of California. In my subdivision of South San Francisco every house had a palm tree or two in front. They've been disappearing over the last 60 years. I cut mine down 20 years ago, thought it didn't belong in our cool climate. Palm trees are everywhere in Northern California (not native trees).

[piasa]

Washingtonia filfera palms are native to California.