South Texas Jungle

[Chester B]

Nice video on a proper Texas jungle. It’s only the first 9 minutes. It doesn’t focus as much on the Sabals but they are shown. 
 

 

[Zone7Bpalmguy]

11 hours ago, Chester B said:

Nice video on a proper Texas jungle. It’s only the first 9 minutes. It doesn’t focus as much on the Sabals but they are shown. 
 

 

That was a pretty cool story.  So is extreme southeast Texas more desert-like? I wonder what the tallest palms were in the video, washies?

[Ben G.]

11 hours ago, Chester B said:

Nice video on a proper Texas jungle. It’s only the first 9 minutes. It doesn’t focus as much on the Sabals but they are shown. 
 

 

The algorithm has our number, I guess. I watched this one about a week ago.

[Austinpalm]

On 2/7/2026 at 8:53 PM, Zone7Bpalmguy said:

That was a pretty cool story.  So is extreme southeast Texas more desert-like? I wonder what the tallest palms were in the video, washies?

Due to its irregular shape, geographic terms for Texas can be a little confusing.  Brownsville is extreme south Texas (aka Lower Rio Grande Valley).  Extreme southeast Texas is Beaumont-Port Arthur near the Louisiana border.  Brownsville is approximately 200 miles farther west and 280 miles farther south than Beaumont.  The areas are different culturally and climatologically.  And yes, Brownsville would be considered more desert-like with an average yearly rainfall of 30 inches versus 50 inches for Beaumont.   The tallest palms were very likely Washies, but there are also some native Sabals in the grove as well.  Hope this helps.