Sabal minor
dwarf palmetto, blue-stem palmetto
Arecaceae (Palmae)
Plant Specifics
Form:
palm
Size:
4-9 ft tall by 4-8 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white
Fruit Color:
brown,black
Phenology:
evergreen
Noted For:
Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Use as a small specimen shrub in moist areas. Can also be used in floodplains.
Considerations:
Light:
Part Sun, Shade
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Short very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Birds, Mammals
Pollinated by bees.
Used by birds for nesting and food. A wide variety of animals eat the fruit.
Native Habitats:
Shallowly inundated floodplain forest, shallow set sinks, hydric seep slopes and immediately adjacent mesic slopes, hydric hammock, moist mesic hammock adjacent to streams.
