From around 12 million seven years ago, the number of palm trees in the Gulf country has plunged to about eight million, they said, quoting a report by the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

While Mexican fan palms and Canary Island date palms dominated the palm fad in California during the Victorian period, the queen palm, Syagrus romanzoffiana, was still relatively uncommon.

The fan palm may be an emblematic part of Los Angeles, but its skimpy canopy is cheating city dwellers of the benefit of real trees since palms “are technically a type of grass and not trees ...

In 1931 the Los Angeles forestry division planted more than 25,000 palm trees around the city. The most common was the Washingtonia robusta, or Mexican fan palm. Many of the original palms planted ...