She said the needle palm, found in the Apalachicola area, is the only palm that is a true native to Northwest Florida. “It’s more like a shrub than a tree,” Dunning said.

Lethal bronzing, a deadly bacterial disease for over 20 different palm tree species spread by a small insect called a planthopper, has attacked Florida’s iconic state tree, the sabal palmetto.

Texas Phoenix Palm Decline. In 2006, a deadly disease was found in the Tampa/Sarasota area attacking Phoenix spp. (date palms). In 2008, cabbage palms, Sabal palmetto, the Florida state tree ...

DAVIE, Fla. — Florida's iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill. Spread by a rice ...

The Florida state tree is the sabal palm. But the most famous species in this town is the royal palm. Maxwell stands next to a stout royal that has to be 6 feet in circumference.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Monday, the St. Augustine City Commission voted to change the local tree ordinance to save or maintain the sabal palm population.

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2019, photo, Brian Bahder, assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida, points to a cabbage palm tree that died from a lethal bronzing disease in ...

The sabal palm (Sabal palmetto) is Florida's state tree. It's the most widely distributed palm in Florida. It grows in almost any soil and has many uses, including food, medicine, and landscaping.

A palm tree disease that kills the state palm tree, primarily in southern counties, has been spotted in North Florida for the first time. Texas Phoenix Palm Decline yellows the leaves of the phoeni… ...

The silver date palm can reach heights of 50 feet though 30 feet or so is more common in Florida. The trunk often has triangular leaf scars and is thin or skinny compared to other Phoenix species.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — An iconic four-headed pindo palm tree has been cut down despite a Florida city's efforts to save it. For years, the tree was a popular photo spot in Panama City.