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Saw Palmetto

Serenoa repens

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

Common plant found in scrubby places

Habitat:

In a Fire-suppressed longleaf pine sandhill savanna at the edge of a neighborhood

Notes:

According to Quakers in 1692, saw palmetto berries taste like “rotten cheese steeped in tobacco juice.” Not the most appetizing thing I have heard of

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