Surviving drought, salt spray, poor soils and even fire this amazing palm tree is ultimately adapted to its extreme environment. Know as the "tree of life" by indigenous peoples it provided food, shelter, building materials, twine and so much more. The palm provides and enormous number of seeds annually and feasted on by wildlife of all kinds. The tree provides habitat and hiding places for dozens of animal as well as plant species. It is no wonder it is the state tree of both Florida and South Carolina.
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Flowers forming
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Huge inflorescence
H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
22 мар 2024
