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Sabal palmetto (/ ˈ s eɪ b ə l /, SAY-bəl), also known as cabbage palm, [5] cabbage palmetto, [3] sabal palm, blue palmetto, [3] Carolina palmetto, [6] common palmetto, [6] Garfield's tree, and swamp cabbage, [7] is one of 15 species of palmetto palm. It is native to the Southeast United States, the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, the West ...
Litoprosopus futilis, known generally as the palmetto borer moth or cabbage palm caterpillar, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). It is found in North America. It is found in North America.
Cabbage palm is a common name for several species of palms or palm-like plants: Cordyline fruticosa, a tropical tree native to Asia and Polynesia; Corypha utan, an East Asian fan palm (including Northern Australia) Euterpe oleracea, a Brazilian palm tree; Livistona australis, an Australian palm; Roystonea oleracea, a Caribbean palm
The central bud of Sabal palmetto is edible and, when cooked, is known as 'swamp cabbage'. Mature fronds are used as thatch, to make straw hats, and for weaving mats. Mature fronds are used as thatch, to make straw hats, and for weaving mats.
The southeastern U.S. state of South Carolina is nicknamed the Palmetto State after the sabal palmetto (cabbage palmetto), logs from which were used to build the fort at Fort Moultrie. During the American Revolutionary War, they were invaluable to those defending the fort, because their spongy wood absorbed or deflected the British cannonballs ...
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]
Palmetto, a 1998 neo-noir; Palmetto Records, an American jazz record label founded in 1990; Palmetto State Quartet, a gospel group from Greenville, South Carolina "The Palmetto State Song", a 1860 song popular during the American Civil War
The Mexican palmetto (Sabal mexicana) is a close relative of the cabbage palmetto that is native to southern Texas and northern Mexico. Dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor) is considered hardy to USDA zone 6b, like the needle palm. It can tolerate short periods of temperatures as low as −18 °C (0 °F).