– Also called bush palmetto, swamp palmetto and bluestem palmetto.
– The juice from the roots is crushed and rubbed into sore eyes as an anti-irritant. The leaves have been used to make thatch, fan and baskets.
– Short trunk with most (if not all) of the trunk below the ground. The trunk is usually only visible when grown in standing water.
– Native to the deep southeastern and southcentral United States and northeastern Mexico.
– Evergreen foliage that is unique and attractive in winter.
– One of North America's most frost and cold hardy palms. Also quite drought tolerant, although the leaves may turn black.
