Sabal uresana, commonly called the Sonoran palmetto, is a species of palm tree native to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico, where it grows in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora. Its specific epithet refers to Ures, a town in Sonora that lies within its range. The species is threatened by habitat loss. It is also the only known host plant of the beetle Hemipeplus pollocki, so that insect depends on the palm for its survival.
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northwestern Mexico (states of Chihuahua and Sonora)
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native to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico (states of Chihuahua and Sonora)
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Sabal uresana (Wikipedia)Lead, where it livesQuote, Lead, where it lives
northwestern Mexico (states of Chihuahua and Sonora)
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native to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico (states of Chihuahua and Sonora)
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northwestern Mexico (states of Chihuahua and Sonora)
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GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Child Taxon Of: Arecaceae, Backbone match, familyQuote, Child Taxon Of: Arecaceae, Backbone match, family
"family": "Arecaceae"
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