Sabal palmetto
cabbage palmetto, cabbage palm
Family
Arecaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Margin
lobed
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
palmate lobed
Growth Form
tree, palm
Flower Month
June - November
Height (meters)
10.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Leaf Retention
Evergreen
Wetland Class
FAC
Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism
8
Field Characters
An evergreen palm tree to 30 m tall with its trunk partially or completely covered by the bases of the petioles of broken off leaves. Its leaves are fan shaped with long down turned midribs and threads hanging from the leaf segments.
Habitat
Brackish marshes and maritime forests.