Scrub Palmetto

This is a Florida endemic associated with dunes and scrub, both ancient and modern.



Small specimen or border plant.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Fruit is eaten by birds and other animals.

Scrub, high pine with reduced fire frequencies, scrubby flatwoods.

• Interesting foliage
• Flowers attract pollinators. Documented bee visitors include Agapostelnon splendens, Azcgochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumnptuosa, Dialictus coreopsis, D. miniatulus, D. nymphalis, D. placidelzsis, Halictus ligatus, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis, M. mendica, Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens and  B. pennsylvanicus (Deyrup et al. 2002).