Dwarf palmetto palm
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Dwarf palmetto palm ( Sabal minor ) |
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The dwarf palmetto palm ( Sabal minor ) is a small-growing palm species whose natural range is in the southeastern United States. It stretches from east Texas through Louisiana , Mississippi , Alabama , north and west Florida , Georgia to the coastal regions of South and North Carolina . It is very common.
features
The dwarf palm usually only has one underground trunk, so that the leaves sit directly on the ground. It rarely forms a short, upright trunk that can reach a height of one to two meters. Their crown consists of only four to ten fan-shaped leaves that are dark to blue-green and have no drooping threads. In summer several, slender inflorescences are formed, which consist of hermaphrodite, white, fragrant flowers. The fruits of the dwarf palmetto are round, black and 7 to 10 mm in diameter.
habitat
The dwarf palmetto palm grows mainly as an undergrowth in deciduous deciduous forests. She prefers moist and humus-rich soils. In the Texan hill country, it also grows on dry limestone soils up to heights of 600 meters. In the northwest of its range, its leaves freeze to death in winter and the palm sprouts again in spring.
use
The dwarf palmetto palm is considered to be very hardy with a resistance to cold of up to −20 ° C. The leaves of the dwarf palm trees were mainly used by the Indians of southeastern North America for house roofs or baskets, hats or ropes were made from the leaf fibers. Today they are mainly used as garden plants.
Picture gallery
Seedling of Sabal minor
Sabal minor - Museum specimen
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literature
- David Jones: Palms . Könemann, Cologne, 2000, ISBN 3-8290-4889-0
- Mario Stähler: Hardy palms. Medemia Verlag, ISBN 978-3-940033-01-7
