Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Cabbage palm

A Cabbage palm is a palm tree native to Florida. It has no crownshaft, costapalmate leaves on spineless petioles and a single rubust trunk.A cabbage palm occurs from the Florida keys to South Carolina. Naturally it grows on sandy bays, along shores and the Gulf Coast. It is widely grown on hardwood hammocks and pine flatwoods. A cabbage palm is extremely salt nad drought tolerant.