Butia yatay: Difference between revisions

In Brazil it only occurs in the southernmost state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]], and there only in the municipalities of [[Giruá]] and [[Quaraí]].<ref name=Brazil2020/><ref name=Soares2015/> In Argentina it occurs in the northern-center provinces of [[Chaco Province|Chaco]], [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]], [[Entre Ríos Province|Entre Ríos]], [[Misiones Province|Misiones]] (in the municipalities of [[Candelaria (Misiones)|Candelaria]] and [[San Ignacio, Argentina|San Ignacio]]) and [[Santa Fe Province|Santa Fe]]. In Uruguay it only occurs to the west in the departments of [[Paysandú Department|Paysandú]] and [[Río Negro Department|Río Negro]].<ref name=Conosur/>

This slow-growing palm grows to 12<ref name=PALMweb>{{cite web |url=http://www.palmweb.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/399e3b32-290e-4a25-bb9e-01ca937ce77b |title=Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc., Agric. Colon. 10 498 (1916) - PALMweb |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2013 |website=Palmweb - Palms of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>-18m<ref name=Palmar/> tall, with a trunk diameter of 50&nbsp;cm,<ref name=Palmar/> in giant, ancient, almost monoculture groves in savannah habitats (called ''[[Pampas|pampa]](s)'' in BrazilLatin America).<ref name=Brazil2020/><ref name=CNCFlora/><ref name=Palmar/><ref name=PALMweb/><ref name=Anodorhynchus>{{Cite journal|last1=Yamashita |first1=Carlos |last2=de Paula Valle |first2=Mauro |year=1993 |title=On the linkage between Anodorhynchus macaws and palm nuts, and the extinction of the Glaucous Macaw |journal=[[Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club]] |volume=113 |pages=53–60 |url=http://biostor.org/reference/112167 |access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref> It is usually found in sandy soils,<ref name=Palmar/> which are often much rockier than that in which other ''Butia'' are found.<ref name=pollen/> It grows at altitudes of 0-500m.<ref name=Conosur/>