Cocos bonnetii

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Year Round After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous Yes Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Porous Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Single Stem Growth Rate Moderate Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 60 Height, Mature (feet) 60.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention Yes Lifespan Moderate Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance Medium CaCO3 Tolerance Medium Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Medium Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance None Frost Free Days, Minimum 365 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 4.0 pH, Maximum 8.0 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 150 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 300 Precipitation, Minimum 20 Precipitation, Maximum 80 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 60 Salinity Tolerance High Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) 18 Reproduction Bloom Period Indeterminate Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance High Fruit/Seed Period Begin Year Round Fruit/Seed Period End Year Round Fruit/Seed Persistence Yes Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate None Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Low Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human Yes Post Product Yes Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No