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- Brahea_edulis abstract "Brahea edulis (Guadalupe Palm, Palma de Guadalupe) is a palm endemic to Guadalupe Island, Mexico; a few stands have been planted elsewhere.[citation needed] It is a fan palm which grows 4.5–13 metres tall. It grows between 400 and 1000 meters above mean sea level (ASL).The entire native population consists of old trees with little successful recruitment for 150 years or so. Until recently, Guadalupe Island supported a large goat population (estimated at 100,000 in 1870, and 5,000 in 2000). The presence of these goats prevented regrowth of the native trees, including B. edulis, and as a consequence, the ecosystem was drastically altered: the once verdant island turned into an almost barren rock, with weeds replacing the former forests. Below 800–900 m ASL, the palm is essentially the only remaining tree, occurring in a major subpopulation and scattered groups in sheltered locations. Above that, there used to be a band of mixed woodland where the palm was accompanied by Island Oak and Guadalupe Pine. This habitat has now all but disappeared due to the other trees becoming pushed back into higher regions.The species was probably declining slowly since the mid-19th century. Its range might even have expanded a bit until the mid-20th century however; part of it was shared with other trees as noted above; especially the pine is a towering species that presumably grew in many sites now occupied by the palm. In addition, a forest of Guadalupe Cypress and California Juniper shrubland existed in the palm's present range; the cypress forest was eventually destroyed by the goats and the juniper is nowadays completely absent from the island.Although endangered in the wild, B. edulis is cultivated, especially in California. In 2001, it was started to fence in patches of habitat on Guadalupe, and the long-envisioned removal of goats was effectively complete by 2005. Some hundreds of Guadalupe Palms remain on their island home today. As regrowth presumably was hindered by the goats eating the saplings rather than the trees having all become old and sterile, it is likely that the palm will eventually recover. That it was best able of all Guadalupe tree species to withstand the hordes of goats is evidenced by its present distribution; the other trees – if they survive at all – are limited to higher and less accessible areas. Nonetheless, the species is precariously rare and the IUCN considers it Endangered (EN C1).".
- Brahea_edulis binomialAuthority Hermann_Wendland.
- Brahea_edulis class Monocotyledon.
- Brahea_edulis conservationStatus "EN".
- Brahea_edulis conservationStatusSystem "iucn2.3".
- Brahea_edulis division Flowering_plant.
- Brahea_edulis family Arecaceae.
- Brahea_edulis family Corypheae.
- Brahea_edulis family Coryphoideae.
- Brahea_edulis genus Brahea.
- Brahea_edulis kingdom Plant.
- Brahea_edulis order Arecaceae.
- Brahea_edulis order Commelinids.
- Brahea_edulis thumbnail Brahea_edulis.jpg?width=300.
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- Brahea_edulis binomial "Brahea edulis".
- Brahea_edulis binomialAuthority Hermann_Wendland.
- Brahea_edulis downloaded "2006-12-13".
- Brahea_edulis familia Arecaceae.
- Brahea_edulis genus "Brahea".
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- Brahea_edulis id "38455".
- Brahea_edulis ordo Arecaceae.
- Brahea_edulis regnum Plant.
- Brahea_edulis species "B. edulis".
- Brahea_edulis status "EN".
- Brahea_edulis statusSystem "iucn2.3".
- Brahea_edulis subfamilia Coryphoideae.
- Brahea_edulis title "Brahea edulis".
- Brahea_edulis tribus Corypheae.
- Brahea_edulis unrankedClassis Monocotyledon.
- Brahea_edulis unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Brahea_edulis unrankedOrdo Commelinids.
- Brahea_edulis year "1988".
- Brahea_edulis subject Category:Brahea.
- Brahea_edulis subject Category:Endangered_plants.
- Brahea_edulis subject Category:Trees_of_Mexico.
- Brahea_edulis type EndangeredPlants.
- Brahea_edulis type LivingThing100004258.
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- Brahea_edulis type Tree113104059.
- Brahea_edulis type TreesOfMexico.
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- Brahea_edulis type WoodyPlant113103136.
- Brahea_edulis type Eukaryote.
- Brahea_edulis type Plant.
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- Brahea_edulis comment "Brahea edulis (Guadalupe Palm, Palma de Guadalupe) is a palm endemic to Guadalupe Island, Mexico; a few stands have been planted elsewhere.[citation needed] It is a fan palm which grows 4.5–13 metres tall. It grows between 400 and 1000 meters above mean sea level (ASL).The entire native population consists of old trees with little successful recruitment for 150 years or so. Until recently, Guadalupe Island supported a large goat population (estimated at 100,000 in 1870, and 5,000 in 2000).".
- Brahea_edulis label "Brahea edulis".
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- Brahea_edulis label "Brahea edulis".
- Brahea_edulis label "Brahea edulis".
- Brahea_edulis sameAs Brahea_edulis.
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- Brahea_edulis depiction Brahea_edulis.jpg.
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