Sabal Palmetto

Sabal palmetto, also known as cabbage palm, palmetto, cabbage palmetto, palmetto palm, blue palmetto, Carolina palmetto, common palmetto, swamp cabbage and sabal palm, is one of 15 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal). It is native to the subtropical Gulf coast/south Atlantic coast of the USA, as well as Cuba and the Bahamas. In the United States it was originally found throughout most of Florida and along the Gulf and Atlantic coast (from southern most North Carolina southward). It is the state tree of both South Carolina and Florida.