• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Sabal minor

dwarf palmetto, blue-stem palmetto

Nomenclature

Common Name:

dwarf palmetto, blue-stem palmetto

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Sabal minor

Family:

Arecaceae (Palmae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

palm

Size:

4-9 ft tall by 4-8 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white,NA

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:

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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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

Soil pH:

Acidic

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.

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