Parsing Through the Palmettos

The term “palmetto” gets thrown around a lot in the plant world. Sometimes “palmetto” is referring to the common name of the plant, or it could be the scientific name. There is a reason botanists… Read More
Posted: February 13, 2018
The term “palmetto” gets thrown around a lot in the plant world. Sometimes “palmetto” is referring to the common name of the plant, or it could be the scientific name. There is a reason botanists… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: cabbage palm, commonly confused, Lara Milligan, palm trees, palmetto, palms, saw palmetto
Posted: July 3, 2014
Picture this: a vast open landscape dominated by pine trees and an understory lush with wiregrass. No homes are anywhere to be found, just old Florida standing in the stagnant air of summer. A large… Read More
Category: Forests, Work & Life
Tags: fire, land manager, lightning, oaks, pine, prescribed fire, saw palmetto, smoke, succession, supression, wildfire
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