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The sabal palmetto is the official state tree of both Florida and South Carolina (the latter is nicknamed "The Palmetto State"). The annual football rivalry game between Clemson and South Carolina is known as the "Palmetto Bowl".
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 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 ]
As for the palmetto trees themselves, sabal palms are native to the southeastern parts of the country. “The cabbage palmetto is found in the coastal plain region from North Carolina to Florida.
The sabal palmetto is South Carolina's state tree. Frennet Studio/Shutterstock. The palmetto tree played a crucial role in South Carolina's defense against the British during the Revolutionary War ...
Sabal mexicana is a species of palm tree that is native to far southern North America. Common names include Rio Grande palmetto , [ 5 ] Mexican palmetto , Texas palmetto , Texas sabal palm , palmetto cabbage and palma de mícharos . [ 4 ]
Sabal palmetto. Sabal is a genus of fan palms. Six of the sixteen species are native to the insular Caribbean - three of which are endemic to the Greater Antilles and the Virgin Islands. A seventh species, S. bermudana, is endemic to Bermuda.
The teeth or spines are easily capable of breaking the skin, and protection should be worn when working around a saw palmetto. The leaves are light green inland, and silvery-white in coastal regions. The leaves are 1–2 m in length, the leaflets 50–100 cm long. They are similar to the leaves of the palmettos of genus Sabal.