A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Sabal etonia
Only grows 2 leaves a year. The more leaves, the older the plant.
Spotted on Mar 16, 2012
Submitted on Mar 16, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks! I just learned that yesterday on a Nature Hike! I thought that was so neat!
Welcome to Project Noah!
Interesting tidbit about palmetto! They have some on a trail that I frequent that are a least 8 feet tall. Next time I go I'm going to have to pay attention to the number of leaves as well.