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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Sabal palmetto (Walt.) Lodd. ex J.A. & J.H. Schultes
Hat palmetto, Pond thatch, Pond-top

Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Arecaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba) and southeastern United States.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Sabal palmetto available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Sabal palmetto has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Freshwater Marsh
Pineland

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Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Sabal palmetto
Copyright by: Shirley Denton