Tall cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) form a canopy along the St. Sebastian River at the South Prong Slough where we visited on 5/15/2022. Long ago these palms shed their boots (bases of old leafstems), as all cabbage palms do as…
Adventitious
Category: Palm
Weeds of Wednesday: Mexican Fan Palm
Pictured above is Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia robusta) at the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail (TRWT). This landscape palm is regarded as a Category #2 invasive pest plant by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC). At TRWT, this palm may…
Weeds of Wednesday: Washingtonia Palm
We saw one washingtonia palm (Washingtonia robusta) at the Toni Robinson Waterfront Trail when Terry Greene (Class of 2019) led a special walk there for us on behalf of the Indian River Land Trust. Also known as the Mexican fan…
What Happened to this Frond?
Some of the fronds of cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) at Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) show signs of the handiwork of the native palm leaf skeletonizer (Homaledra sabalella). This pest plagues native palms including cabbage palms and saw palmettos (Serenoa reopens ,…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 