Arecaceae FAMILY

Sabal palmetto

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sabal palmetto is a single-stemmed, evergreen palm tree that can grow 6 - 20 metres tall. The unbranched stem can be 20 - 35cm in diameter; it is topped with a crown of 15 - 30 fan-shaped leaves[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. , 768 Title Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas Publication Author Henderson A.; Galeano G.; Bernal R. Publisher Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey. Year 1995 ISBN 0-691-08537-4 Description An excellent book, giving basic information on all the 550 species of palms native to the Americas that were known in 1995. Comprehensive information on the plants range and habitat, brief description, some uses and almost 250 photos. ]. The plant has a wide range of traditional uses for the indigenous people, supplying food, medicines and materials for building, making baskets, weaving etc. It is little used nowadays. The tree is widely planted as an ornamental[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. Sabal palmetto has a very wide range, a large area of occupancy, and there is a lack of any significant threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeSouth-eastern N. America - North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama; Caribbean - Bahamas, Cuba

HabitatBrackish marshes, seacoast woodlands or hammocks and sandy soils near the coast[ 229 Title The Complete Trees of N. America. Field Guide and Natural History. Publication Author Elias. T. Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Year 1980 ISBN 0442238622 Description A very good concise guide. Gives habitats, good descriptions, maps showing distribution and a few of the uses. It also includes the many shrubs that occasionally reach tree proportions. ]. From coastal dunes and tidal flats to river banks and seasonally inundated savannahs, often in disturbed vegetation, at elevations near sea level[ 768 Title Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas Publication Author Henderson A.; Galeano G.; Bernal R. Publisher Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey. Year 1995 ISBN 0-691-08537-4 Description An excellent book, giving basic information on all the 550 species of palms native to the Americas that were known in 1995. Comprehensive information on the plants range and habitat, brief description, some uses and almost 250 photos. ].