Dwarf Palmetto

Sabal minor
(Blue-stem Palmetto)
Español: Camote
Use as a small specimen shrub in moist areas. Can also be used in floodplains.

Tolerance

Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Wildlife

Used by birds for nesting and food. A wide variety of animals eat the fruit.

Habitat

Shallowly inundated floodplain forest, shallow set sinks, hydric seep slopes and immediately adjacent mesic slopes, hydric hammock, moist mesic hammock adjacent to streams.

Did You Know?

  • Interesting foliage
  • Pollinated by bees.