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Why Are Sabal palmetto "Not Native" To the Myrtle Beach Area?


PalmTreeDude

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Why are Sabal palmetto not shown as native to the Myrtle Beach area? Is it because there isn't that many wetlands there like in the southern coastal portion of SC? But you would still think that they would hug the coast line tightly. I have been to the area many times and I remember seeing them out in the woods by a swamp (one of the moments that sparked my palm interest) but I don't know if they were naturalized or not, but it was by a gas station, not hotels or anything like that. What is up with this?

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Anyone want to take a shot at it? My only explanation is the lack of coastal wetlands, but I would think it would still hug the coast.

PalmTreeDude

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You may be on to something with lack of wetlands.  This stretch of coastline is also somewhat shielded from hurricanes, which are probably beneficial (being that they would kill competing vegetation without harming the palmettos)

I suspect the lack of answers is because nobody knows.

Steve

 

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Sometimes those websites are not correct.   I am not sure about South Carolina but in Florida, Sabal Palmetto grow about anywhere including beach strand habitats. I imagine the same in Coastal South Carolina. They are highly adaptable species. I am willing to bet they are native to the Myrtle  Beach area. Maybe you should contact South Carolina native plant society.

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I lived there for 8 years and I never saw any old tall palmettos in the forest, only Sabal minors. The first wild palmettos going down the coast to Charleston I saw were the ones in a marsh around Georgetown S.C. Perhaps at some point they were native or are native, we will never know now because of imports. 

Los Angeles, CA and Myrtle Beach, SC.

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