§1 Plant
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.
vernacular dwarf palmetto — species · Arecaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Arecaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Sabal
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 266 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–80 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–6.5
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 9 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Winter
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 2,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 266 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Calhoun 01015
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Russell 01113
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Brooks 13027
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Glascock 13125
- Glynn 13127
- Greene 13133
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Muscogee 13215
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Troup 13285
- Twiggs 13289
- Washington 13303
- Webster 13307
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkes 13317
- Wilkinson 13319
Louisiana view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bolivar 28011
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Noxubee 28103
- Perry 28111
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Dallas 48113
- Freestone 48161
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Gregg 48183
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Jackson 48239
- Jefferson 48245
- Kaufman 48257
- Kendall 48259
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nueces 48355
- Panola 48365
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Van Zandt 48467
- Wharton 48481
- Wood 48499
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SAMI8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2732511 ↗Record version
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