PLANTS Profile for Sabal minor (dwarf palmetto)

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PLANTS Profile

Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.
dwarf palmetto

Symbol:

SAMI8

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Arecaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Sabal glabra

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. West Indies. Usage Requirements.

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Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

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Synonyms:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

	COMI9	Corypha minor Jacq.
	SAAD3	Sabal adansonii Guersent
	SADE9	Sabal deeringiana Small
	SAGL13	Sabal glabra Sarg., non Mill.
	SALO14	Sabal louisiana (Darby) Bomhard

Distribution:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX)

Related Taxa:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

View 55 genera in Arecaceae, 5 species in Sabal

Classification:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Arecidae
Order	Arecales
Family	Arecaceae – Palm family
Genus	Sabal Adans. – palmetto
Species	Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers. – dwarf palmetto

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor		Minor	Moderate			Minor	Moderate
Yarrow	Low		Low				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42505.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Related Web Sites:
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.

Arboles ornamentales (En Espanol)

FL-Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Palms

FL-Floridata

FL-University of Florida Extenstion Service

Forestry Images

LA-LSU Horticulture

LA-Louisiana Ecosystems and Plant Identification

NC-Plant Fact Sheet

NC-Wetland Plant Identification (NCSU)

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

TX-Image Archive of Central Texas Plants

TX-Palmetto State Park

TX-Texas Native Plant Database

VA-VTree ID

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 01:48 AM MDT