Reproduction of Sargent's cherry palm is also compromised by excessive fruit collection for livestock feed. In summary, the survival of wild populations of Pseudophoenix sargentii throughout the northern Caribbean is tenuous. In Florida, the Sargent's cherry palm has been reduced in the last century from hundreds of palms on three islands to a few dozen palms on one island. This excerpt is just the first half of the article that originally appeared in the January 1995 issue of Principes . Several photos in both color and black and white accompany the article.
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