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Saw Palmetto(?) in the wild in Outer Banks?


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I went to the outer banks a month ago and this palm stuck out to me a lot and clearly was not the Sabal palmetto nor Sabal minor that are native to cape hatteras. To me this looks like it is a saw palmetto which is very odd considering they are not native to NC none the less on an island In NC. And I think the specimen is too old to have been introduced there. And note this was not in the woods near any homes or anything where a saw palmetto seed could drop. This was deep in a wooded preserve near a swampy area. This is the only one I saw and I found it quite odd. Let me know what y’all think 

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That's not a saw palmetto, it's a Trachycarpus fortunei.  Probably germinated from birds distributing seed from palms in people's yards.

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28 minutes ago, Chester B said:

That's not a saw palmetto, it's a Trachycarpus fortunei.  Probably germinated from birds distributing seed from palms in people's yards.

Does that mean trachycarpus is naturalizing to the outer banks?

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Maybe.

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Yup trachycarpus fortunei. That’s what I meant but saw palmetto was just stuck in my head hahaha. But yeah it was a very nice looking specimen. Very healthy. But in the future I would definitely say that we can expect there to be a naturalized colony of trachycarpus fortunei in that location once that plant flowers.

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