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Sabal minor (Bush Palmetto)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Sabal minor, commonly known as the dwarf palmetto or bush palmetto, is one of about 14 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal). It is native to the deep southeastern and south-central United States and northeastern Mexico. It is native as far north as southeastern Virginia, and continues south to Florida. It is widespread along the Gulf coast through Louisiana, into Central Texas, Arkansas, north to southern Oklahoma and south in the State of Nuevo León in Mexico.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Dense
Bloom Period [2]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  None
Edible [4]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Flower Type [4]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  6 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Fall
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Winter
Growth Form [2]  Bunch
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Leaf Type [4]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  18 inches (46 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  Low
Seeds Per [2]  2000 / lb (4409 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [4]  Shrub
Usage [4]  The dried leaves are used occasionally for the thatched roofs of huts; The following reports are for S. palmetto. They quite probably also apply to this species; An excellent fibre is obtained from the leaf stalks; The best quality is from young leaf stalks still in the bud, whilst coarser material is obtained from older leaves or the bases of old leaf stalks surrounding the bud; The fibres are up to 50cm long, they are harvested commercially and used to make brushes, especially where these have to remain stiff in hot water or caustics; Pieces of the spongy bark of the stem are used as a substitute for scrubbing brushes; The leaves are woven to make coarse hats, mats and baskets; The roots contain about 10% tannin; This has been harvested commercially in the past but there is not really enough tannin for profitable extraction; Wood - light and soft; The trunks are used to make wharf piles, whilst polished cross-sections of the trunk have been used as small table tops; The wood is also largely manufactured into canes;
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Gray-Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Fruit Conspicuous [3]  No
Height [4]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Width [4]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  High
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Protected Areas

Predators

Comstockiella sabalis (palmetto scale)[5]
Ischnaspis longirostris (black line scale)[5]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kissling, W. Daniel et al. (2019), Data from: PalmTraits 1.0, a species-level functional trait database for palms worldwide, v4, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ts45225
♦ 4Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0