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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Palms, Bullanocks, and Allies
  6. Palms
  7. Sabaleae
  8. Palmettos

genus

Palmettos

Sabal

Traits
Includes
4 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Sabal is a genus of New World palms (or fan-palms). Currently, there are 17 recognized species of Sabal, including one hybrid species.

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Children

  • Cabbage Palmetto native
  • Dwarf Palmetto native
  • Mexican Palmetto native
  • Thatch Palmetto
  • Scrub Palmetto native
  • Trinidad Palm
  • Puerto Rico Palmetto present
  • Sabal rosei
  • Sonoran Palmetto present
  • Bermuda Palmetto
  • Hispaniolan Palmetto
  • Brazoria Palm native
  • Bull Thatch
  • Miami Palmetto

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native palmettos All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Cabbage Palmetto Sabal palmetto caterpillars 6 food 14 flowers 29
  • Scrub Palmetto Sabal etonia caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 17
  • Mexican Palmetto Sabal mexicana caterpillars 1 food 38 flowers 2
  • Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor caterpillars 1 flowers 5

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