Coconut trees, meanwhile, have a more narrow range; a full-grown tree always stands somewhere between 30 and 100 feet (dwarf plants will of course be smaller). Location is another big clue.

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The News-Press of Fort Myers in 1951 documented a 45-foot-high coconut tree on Highway 41 in Estero, “laden with ripening fruit the year ‘round,” where the coconuts grew too tall to pick.