The palmetto, cabbage
palm, or sabal palmetto is the state tree for both South Carolina and Florida. It is
native to the Bahamas, Cuba, Florida and grows as far north as Virginia. Its habitat
includes mesic temperate to tropical hammocks are often dominated by oaks but may
have significant component of Sabal palmetto and occur from the panhandle
down into the middle of the Florida peninsula. Here we let pictures do the talking for our fabulous state tree....
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| Palmetto or Sabal palmetto |
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| A typical v-shaped Sabal palmetto leaf. |
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| A Palmetto also graces the cover of a popular book about Florida trees by Gil Nelson. |
Description: Straight trunked palm to
18 m in height Flowers: During June and July, abundant, small (.5cm),
fragrant, white flowers are born on drooping branched panicles. Fruit: Round
and black born in drooping clusters. Leaves:Fan shaped 1-2 meters long, deeply
divided and V shaped, shiny green above and gray-green below.
Similar to:
Other palms, but the V shaped fan like leaves are pretty distinctive.
A clickable map of the
larger palmetto palms on FSU grounds in Tallahassee.
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