| Common Name: |
Palmetto Palm |
| Scientific Name: |
Sabal palmetto |
| Category: |
Large tree |
| Habit: |
Evergreen |
| Fruit Description: |
The fruit is a black drupe about 1/2 inches long containing a single seed |
| Fragrance: |
No fragrance |
| Foliage Description: |
Tree develops into a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets. A costapalmate leaf has a definite costa (midrib) unlike the typical palmate or fan leaf, but the leaflets are arranged radially like in a palmate leaf. All costapalmate leaves are about 0.20 inches across, produced in large compound panicles up to 8.2 feet in radius, extending out beyond the leaves. |
| Trunk Description: |
Sabal palmetto trunks appear in two different conditions. When leaves die, the leaf bases typically persist for a while, creating a spiky, "basket weave" effect. |
| Hardiness: |
USDA Zones 8b - 11 |
| Native Range: |
Native range of Sabal palmetto is the coastal plain of the lower East Coast from southeast North Carolina southward to Florida and west along the Gulf Coastal plain to Texas |
| Other Information: |
The cabbage-like terminal bud has been eaten as hearts of palm |
| Photographer: |
Richard Buggeln |
| Location: |
L-12 & L-13 |