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Sabal palmetto is recorded to have its own lichen, Arthonia rubrocincta, [16] that only occurs on its leaf bases. In Europe, the introduced Lepidopteran species Paysandisia archon has become a prominent pest whose larvae are known to feed on some of the cultivated species of Sabal.
Sabal palmetto grows up to 20 m (80 ft) tall. [8] Starting at half to two-thirds the height, the tree develops into a rounded, costapalmate fan of numerous leaflets.A costapalmate leaf has a definite costa (midrib), unlike the typical palmate or fan leaf, but the leaflets are arranged radially like in a palmate leaf.
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 ]
Sabal yapa is a species of palm that grows in Belize, Guatemala, western Cuba, and the Yucatan Peninsula region of Mexico (Yucatán, Campeche, Quintana Roo). It prefers limestone-based calcareous soils. [1] It is often described as a palmetto palm as it has costapalmate fronds, which are like a transition phase between fan palms and feather ...
Sabal bermudana grows up to 25 m (82 ft) in height, with the occasional old tree growing up to 30 m (100 ft) in height, with a trunk up to 55 cm (22 in) in diameter. It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae ), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets .
Sabal causiarum is known as the hat palm or Puerto Rican hat palm [10] or "Puerto Rico palmetto" [3] [11] in English. In Spanish, along with Sabal domingensis, it is known as palma cana in the Dominican Republic, and palma de sombrero, yarey, [4] palma de escoba, [9] palma de abanico, or palma de cogollo [11] in Puerto Rico.
Sabal domingensis is a fan palm with solitary, very stout stems, which grows up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall and 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter. Plants have 20–30 leaves, each with about 90 leaflets.
Sabal mauritiiformis, commonly known as the Savannah palm [3], is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] It grows in Mexico ( Oaxaca , Chiapas , Campeche , Quintana Roo , Tabasco , Veracruz ), Central America , Colombia , Venezuela and Trinidad .