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Saw Palmetto

Serenoa repens

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ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago
Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens


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ChristopherRainer
ChristopherRainer 12 years ago

Awesome thanks for the information, updating right now.

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

Excellent link and great info! Thanks for helping me learn something new.

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Serenoa should occur in most counties of Fl. One way to tell the difference between a Saw Palmetto( Serenoa repens) and a juvenile Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) is by looking at the tip of the petiole.Scroll down a bit at this site to see the difference. They look quite different in that respect..have never counted the leaflets.
http://fnpsblog.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_...

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 12 years ago

I hate to say it but it looks like an immature Sabal or Cabbage Palm to me, especially based on the location information. The saw palmetto usually has no more than 20 leaflets if I remember correctly....

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Hi Christopher...Welcome to Project Noah. You can update your spottings once you have the name by clicking on "Edit this spotting" in the upper right corner. I can do it for you but you might like to try it yourself.

ChristopherRainer
ChristopherRainer 12 years ago

Thank you

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 12 years ago

Saw Palmetto

ChristopherRainer
Spotted by
ChristopherRainer

Florida, USA

Spotted on Dec 29, 2011
Submitted on Dec 29, 2011

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