Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
Environmental Weed (2024)
Common names
Bangalow palm
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Monocotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Year naturalised
1992
Origin
Eastern Australia
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Tolerances
Cold sensitive
Control techniques
Remove adults. Has a long-lived seed bank so following removal diligent weeding for many years is needed to clear away seedlings. Best cotrol method is to not plant this in the first place.
Life cycle and dispersal
Long-lived perennial palm. Reproduces eed (encased in a fleshy drupe). Bird dispersed, also by gravity and people.
Other information
Environmental Weed (2024)
This plant is named in a list of 386 environmental weeds in New Zealand 2024 prepared by DOC. 759 candidate species were considered for inclusion on this new comprehensive list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. The species considered were drawn from published lists of weed species, lists of plants that must be reported or managed by law if observed, existing national and regional programmes and agreements for pest management, and species already managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC). Candidate species were then assessed to see if they were fully naturalised and whether they have more than minor impacts in natural ecosystems. Read the full report here.
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
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