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The sabal palmetto is the official state tree of both Florida and South Carolina (the latter is nicknamed "The Palmetto State"). The annual football rivalry game between Clemson and South Carolina is known as the "Palmetto Bowl". A silhouette of S. palmetto appears on the official flag of the US state of South Carolina. [20]
Sabal etonia is a fan palm with a solitary stem that is usually subterranean, but is sometimes above ground and can usually grow 0.9 m (3.0 ft) to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall. [2] [6] Plants usually have four to seven costapalmate leaves, each with 25–50 leaflets.
This palm does not perform well in hot, humid tropical climates. Butia palm or jelly palm, pindo palm (Butia odorata) [10] [11] – Along with Jubaea, possibly the hardiest known pinnate-leaved palm. B. odorata is a palm native to Brazil and Uruguay. [10] This palm grows up to 6 m (20 ft), exceptionally 8 m (26 ft), in a slow but steady manner.
Florida statute states: "The great seal of the state shall be of the size of the American silver dollar, having in the center thereof a view of the sun's rays over a highland in the distance, a sabal palmetto palm tree, a steamboat on water, and an Indian female scattering flowers in the foreground, encircled by the words 'Great Seal of the ...
United States (Southern Florida) Sabal minor Pers. Dwarf palmetto: Northeastern Mexico, Southeastern United States (Florida north to North Carolina, west to Texas) Sabal palmetto Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Cabbage palmetto: Cuba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States (Florida north to North Carolina) Sabal pumos (Kunth) Burret
Sabal miamiensis resembles S. etonia but has larger fruits (15–19 mm (0.59–0.75 in) in diameter) and an inflorescences with 3 orders of branching instead of 2. Stems are primarily subterranean, leaves no more than 6 per plant, each yellow-green and up to 85 cm (33.5 in) long. Flowers are creamy white, each 5-5.5 mm long.
Florida companies Teakdecking Systems and Florida Teak imported more than half a million pounds of Burmese teak from Myanmar despite U.S. economic sanctions against the Myanma Timber Enterprise ...
Sabal minor, commonly known as the dwarf palmetto, [4] is a small species of palm. It is native to the deep southeastern and south-central United States and northeastern Mexico . It is naturally found in a diversity of habitats, including maritime forests, swamps, floodplains, and occasionally on drier sites. [ 5 ]