PLANTS Profile for Sabal palmetto (cabbage palmetto)

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Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.
cabbage palmetto

Symbol:

SAPA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Arecaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, FL. Usage Requirements.

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Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

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Synonyms:
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

	COPA18	Corypha palmetto Walter
	INSC	Inodes schwarzii O.F. Cook
	SAJA6	Sabal jamesiana Small

Distribution:
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

View 55 genera in Arecaceae, 6 species in Sabal

Classification:
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arecales
Family	Arecaceae – Palm family
Genus	Sabal Adans. – palmetto
Species	Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. – cabbage palmetto

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor		Minor	Moderate			Minor	Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42506.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f.

FL-State Plants

Palm & Cycad Societies of Florida

SC-State Plants

USDA Forest Service-Silvics of North America

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:08 AM CST