- Sabal palmetto
- State tree of South Carolina and Florida
- Named for large leaf bud or "cabbage" at top of trunk
- Grows upward from a single terminal bud
- Mature height 30 - 50 feet
- Trunk up to 2 feet depth at breast of height (DBH)
- Palmate shaped fronds
- Bees make honey from blossom nectar
- Produces small black round berries
- Grows slowly to 40 feet in sandy soils of Southeast coastal regions
