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Look for it in suburban woodlands
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Leaf blade strongly V-shaped in cross section; leaflets leathery, per Flora of China.
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Vulnerable if not endangered in China (overcollection & habitat destruction), per Flora of China.
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The most commonly cultivated cycad, per Flora of China.
Look for it in pine flatwoods and maritime forests
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Stem horizontal, atop or just below soil surface. Petioles often w prickles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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The petiole is armed with stiff spines, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Leaf segments lack marginal fibers, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Petiole ends abruptly in the blade base, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Leaves upright, fan-like, nearly circular in outline, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Dwarf Blue Palmetto, Bluestem Palmetto
Sabal minor
Look for it in swamps, maritime forests, low moist woods, esp in calcareous soils developed from shell limestone (marl), rarely planted as an ornamental farther inland, where persisting (and appearing native) or possibly naturalizing
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Petiole unarmed, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Leaf blades without a midrib, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Stem below ground (rarely emerging). Petioles long and 3-angled, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Blade usually divided medially, a long V-shaped gap between the two halves, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama by Robert Godfrey.
Cabbage Palmetto
Sabal palmetto
Look for it in maritime forests, marsh edges, and other near-coastal communities
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Branchless palm tree to 65' tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Leaf segments filamentous on margin and usually at tip, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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Leaves have a prominent arching midrib, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
Needle Palm, Blue Palmetto
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Look for it in moist to wet soils of small blackwater stream swamps, esp where underlain with coquina limestone ("marl"), hydric hammocks and rich, wetland-upland transitions
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Leaves fan-shaped, segments faintly corrugated; petioles 3-angled, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Stem underground for some time, eventually erect or leaning, to 1.5m tall, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Sharp spines project from petiole base, from stolons, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Pindo Palm, South American Jelly Palm, Brazilian Butia
Butia odorata
Look for it . It is widely planted in the outer Coastal Plain of se. NC, e. SC, e. GA, and FL. It persists and can appear naturalized in apparently semi-natural situations
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The petioles are armed with curved spines (vs. those of Cocos unarmed), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Leaflets not filamentose.
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Trunk is heavy, patterned with the stubs of old leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
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This slow-growing hardy palm produces feathery, arching, gray-green leaves, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
Look for it . It rarely reaches our shores as propagules (coconuts, which may germinate and live briefly), but it is not established
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Fruit 20-30cm long (vs. that of Butia less than 3.5cm), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Petiole unarmed (vs. that of Butia and Phoenix with petiolar spines), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Leaves pinnate (w well-developed central axis, blade much longer than wide), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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