== Distribution == It is the only palm species native to continental Europe. It is mainly found in southwestern Europe (Malta, Sicily, coastal Spain and Portugal, central and southern Italy, some parts of the southern Mediterranean coast of France, as well as northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). It is the northernmost naturally occurring ...
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(from the article `palm`) ...island. No species, except the European fan palm and the pantropical cultivated coconut (Cocos nucifera), occurs on more than one continent; the ...
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(Dwarf Fan Palm) This group consists of only one tender, evergreen plant, native of Southwestern Europe and Northern Africa. C. humilis, commonly known as the Dwarf Fan Palm, is a dwarf Palm that grows over mountainsides along the shores of its native environment. The Dwarf Fan Palm rarely grows over 5 feet high, ordinarily forming a shrubby, multi...
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Chamaerops is a genus of palms belonging to the northern hemisphere and consisting of dwarf trees with fan-shaped leaves borne on prickly petioles and a small berry-like fruit with one seed. The Chamaerops humilis is the only native European palm. It does not extend further north than Nice. The fibres of its leaves form an article of commerce under...
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