Old man palm or thatch palm is a native of Cuba that makes a nice lawn specimen in tropical gardens. The leaves, which can be up to six feet long, are palmate, or fan-shaped, with a two-foot stalk. Each frond has up to 52 segments that are green on top and silvery beneath. When the trees are young, the entire trunk is covered densely with billows of stringy tan fibers. When the trees mature, up to 25 feet tall, the lower fibers are eventually shed on windy days, revealing a narrow brown trunk. Although commercially available, this palm is on the IUCN Red List as endangered in the wild, due to habitat loss and overharvesting for thatching material, baskets and other uses.