What would it take to restore Sabal palmetto where it was once extirpated in NC? There is an overwhelming amount of documentation that claims this palm was found as north as Cape Hatteras and inland to Columbus Co within the last centuries. North Carolina's Sabal palmetto population is currently listed as threatened, with populations only existing in the Bald Head Island complex. Overharvesting of palmettos for fort building during the Civil War, the cold spell of 1916/17, coastal development al