I am not sure what you mean by blank environment..but palms are easily transplanted. They occur naturally in desert oases in isolated areas of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona, and northern Baja California, Mexico, at elevations between 500 and 1,000 feet. Widely cultivated as an ornamental in Southern California. Moist soils along alkaline streams and in mountain canyons.