FDOT confirms lethal bronzing, replaces 1 of 5 palm trees in living memorial dedicated to 1990 Gainesville student murder ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The state tree of Florida, the sabal palmetto or cabbage palm, is often forgotten about in landscaping... and it's often cut down when new buildings and neighborhoods are built.

Lippi said the disease is particularly threatening for Florida’s iconic state tree, the native Sabal Palmetto, or cabbage palm. “That is one of the most important plants — not just palms ...

Florida's official state tree — the tall, broad-leafed sabal palm — is especially susceptible and Florida nurseries, businesses and homeowners are taking a financial hit as they scrap infected ...

Once you can safely take stock on how your trees fared during a ... from a storm," the University of Florida IFAS said in a news release. The native sabal palm and royal palm both tend to survive ...

The palm tree isn’t really a tree ... Sabal palms were chosen as the official state tree by the Florida Legislature in 1953. The sabal palmetto is also the state tree for South Carolina and ...

As for the palmetto trees themselves, sabal palms are native to the southeastern ... coastal plain region from North Carolina to Florida. The palm inhabits maritime forests, ‘islands’ within ...