Cabbage Palm (MatBio: TREES & SHRUBS - Matanzas Biodiversity)

Cabbage Palm

Sabal palmetto

Summary ⁷

Sabal palmetto, also known as cabbage palm,palmetto, cabbage palmetto,palmetto palm, blue palmetto,Carolina palmetto,common palmetto,swamp cabbage and sabal palm, is one of 15 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal). It is native to the subtropical Gulf coast/south Atlantic coast of the USA, as well as Cuba and the Bahamas. In the United States it was originally found throughout Florida and along the Gulf coast, but now occurs northward through southernmost North Carolina. It is the state...

Taxon biology ⁸

Palmae -- Palm family

Dale D. Wade and 0. Gordon Langdon

Cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto) is the most northerly and abundant of the native tree palms. Other names sometimes used are Carolina palmetto, common palmetto, palmetto, and cabbage-palm. This medium-sized unbranched evergreen palm commonly grows on sandy shores, along brackish marshes, in seacoast woodlands of Southeastern United States and throughout peninsular Florida. It can tolerate a broad range of soil conditions and is often planted as a street tree. Abundant fruit crops provide a good supply of food to many kinds of wildlife.