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Originally Posted by LateBoomer
No palms are native to this area. The traditional cutoff lies on a line that stretches from Tampa to Melbourne in Southern Florida and then south only.
So none are native to TV.. For the entire State, only 12 palm species are native at all, and among those are quite a few you don't see in landscaping. Queen Palms -- so many in Florida -- are actually from South America, originally. Sylvester palms are native to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, etc. Robellini palms are native to China, Viet Nam. Areca palms originated in the Phillipines, Malaysia and India. Royal palms originated in Mexico and other parts of Central America.
and so on.
so much for native palms in TV!
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Wow some misinformation here! According to the University of Florida “Nothing says Florida like a palm tree, so it’s fitting that the state tree is Sabal Palm.“ UF/IFAS goes on to say this native palm grows throughout the state. Just take a hike around central Florida or take a kayak trip down a local river and you will see thousands of these trees growing among pines, magnolia, oak, maple, and cypress trees. Two smaller palms found in central Florida are sabal etonia, (the scrub palmetto) and sabal minor, (swamp palmetto) Both of these palms are lower growing palms that can be seen around our area. So much for “No native palms in TV!”