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§1 Plant
Sabal causiarum (O.F. Cook) Becc.
vernacular Puerto Rico palmetto — species · Arecaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Arecaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Sabal
§2a
Native status, by region
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 12 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 340 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 75 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed begins
- Year Round
- Seed ends
- Year Round
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 6,437
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 12 counties across 1 state.
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SACA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2732493 ↗Record version
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