Swamp Butia

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Found this guy growing on the river bank of the intracoastal waterway.  This area frequently floods and was just under roughly 2 feet of water for over a week. 

[teaksmith]

Very cool to see it out in the "wild" like that. I've thought about throwing a few Trachy and Butia seeds out in the swamps and river bottoms here in MS too. 

Last week a friend and I dug up nearly 100 Trachy volunteers from seedling size up to 4 feet tall, all growing under a tall mature Trachy at an abandoned farmhouse. 

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2 hours ago, teaksmith said:

Very cool to see it out in the "wild" like that. I've thought about throwing a few Trachy and Butia seeds out in the swamps and river bottoms here in MS too. 

Last week a friend and I dug up nearly 100 Trachy volunteers from seedling size up to 4 feet tall, all growing under a tall mature Trachy at an abandoned farmhouse. 

Coming across naturalized palms is always a nice surprise, especially in places you wouldn't expect them to take root let alone get fairly mature. 

That's a nice find with those trachies! I have an intimate relationship with trachies when it comes to relocating them haha 

[The7thLegend]

Very cool.  Did you lop off the dead fronds while you were there?

[Fusca]

4 minutes ago, The7thLegend said:

Very cool.  Did you lop off the dead fronds while you were there?

He did that after he went swimming!  

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10 minutes ago, The7thLegend said:

Very cool.  Did you lop off the dead fronds while you were there?

Yea I had to use one to fight off a gator 

[ahosey01]

2 hours ago, The7thLegend said:

Very cool.  Did you lop off the dead fronds while you were there?

Heard he built a planter box around it too...

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20 minutes ago, ahosey01 said:

Heard he built a planter box around it too...

Eh, it's more of a fish trap..