Florida's official state tree -- the tall, broad-leafed sabal palm -- is especially susceptible and Florida nurseries, businesses and homeowners are taking a financial hit as they scrap infected ...

Florida's official state tree — the tall, broad-leafed sabal palm — is especially susceptible and Florida nurseries, businesses and homeowners are taking a financial hit as they scrap infected ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Monday, the St. Augustine City Commission voted to change the local tree ordinance to save or maintain the sabal palm population.

Lethal bronzing, a deadly bacterial disease for over 20 different palm tree species spread by a small insect called a planthopper, has attacked Florida’s iconic state tree, the sabal palmetto.

Texas Phoenix Palm Decline In 2006, a deadly disease was found in the Tampa/Sarasota area attacking Phoenix spp. (date palms). In 2008, cabbage palms, Sabal palmetto, the Florida state tree became ...

The official state tree of Florida, the Sabal or cabbage palm, is also the source of one of the world’s culinary delicacies, hearts of palm. Not all hearts come from Florida trees. The major ...

The Florida state tree is the sabal palm. But the most famous species in this town is the royal palm. Maxwell stands next to a stout royal that has to be 6 feet in circumference.

The Sabal Palm is the state tree of Florida. “I could see it wiping out [a large number of] Sabal palms in the state in the next 15 years,” said Bachmann.

Homeowners often plant a pair of sabal palms, Sabal palmetto, on either side of the driveway or in a small grove of three or five straight-trunked trees. U.S. 19 through Crystal River is lined ...