FAMILY: ARECACEAE
ALTERNATE COMMON NAME: cabbage palmetto
LEAVES: blades 4-7’; petioles 6-7’
and stiff; blades divided into filimentose segments
FLOWER: perfect, small yellow-white; large
clusters (up to 6’ long); April to May
FRUIT: black drupe, globose, 1/2”
TWIGS:
BARK: persistent leaf sheaths, not fibrous
FORM: palm tree, to 65 feet
HABITAT: coastal plain, brackish marshes
WETLAND DESIGNATION: Facultative (FAC): Occurs in wetlands or non-wetlands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region
RANGE: south Carolina to western Florida;
widely planted in south Louisiana
USES: Ornamental
Best Recognition Features:
- fan-shaped leaves
- trunk covered in persistent leaf sheaths, not fibrous
- conspicuous trunk
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Other Palm Species in Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
Windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)
Mexican Washington palm (Washingtonia robusta)
- stout barbs on petioles, fan leaves
Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis)
- straight feather leaves
Jelly palm (Butia capitata)
- arching feather leaves
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