Where are the palm trees on Palm Drive imported from?

The Stanford Daily posted a detailed interview with Stanford's grounds manager in 2008, here: http://www.stanforddaily.com/200... "More than half" of the trees are purchased from "local" nurseries, while some are accepted as donated trees from sites in local communities, including Redwood City, Menlo Park, and Los Altos. read more

The specific variety of palm tree on Palm Drive is predominantly the Canary Island Date Palm, which is obviously native to the canary islands but grown commercially in a variety of wholesale nurseries in California. The Stanford ones are very old and were likey planted from California growers at a young age. read more

But despite the diversity and ubiquity of palms in the Los Angeles area, only one species—Washingtonia filifera, the California fan palm—is native to California. All of L.A.'s other palm species, from the slender Mexican fan palms that line so many L.A. boulevards to the feather-topped Canary Island date palm, have been imported. read more

“People view Florida as a tropical paradise, and people have brought in non-native palm trees to symbolize the tropics,” said Michael Ross, an environmental researcher at the University. “Florida has imported palm trees from all parts of the world including Asia and South America. read more