| Plant Habit: | Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4) Strongly alkaline (8.5 – 9.0) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F) |
| Plant Height: | To 60 feet |
| Plant Spread: | Crown spread to 15 feet |
| Leaves: | Evergreen |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: 1/2 inch red to black berries, each containing a single seed |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | White Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring Late spring or early summer |
| Suitable Locations: | Beach Front Street Tree Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Will Naturalize |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant Salt tolerant |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth |
| Awards and Recognitions: | RHS AGM |
| Conservation status: | Near Threatened (NT)
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![Location: Bordighera, Italy
Date: c. 1899
photo [as Pritchardia filifera] from 'Die Gartenwelt', 1899](/pics/2022-02-10/scvirginia/522129-250.jpg "Location: Bordighera, Italy
Date: c. 1899
photo [as Pritchardia filifera] from 'Die Gartenwelt', 1899")
