Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education

Module #5: Palm AnatomyLaura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty

Strengthening Our Community Tree Canopy 2012 Urban Forestry Series

This series is a part of a project titled “Strengthening Our Community Tree

Canopy Through Education”. This project is made possible by  a grant

through the 2011 National Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program

and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,

and the Florida Forest Service.

Palm Anatomy

Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski

One Apical Meristem

Palm Anatomy Pseudobark to outside Vascular Bundles: Phloem (transports

carbohydrates downward)

Xylem (transports water upwards)

Surrounded by protective parenchyma

NO Cambium More concentrated

towards outside of trunk

Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski

Palm Anatomy

Palm Anatomy

Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

Photo: UF Laura SanagorskiPalm Anatomy

Palm Anatomy

Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

Palms – Self-Cleaning vs. Non-Self-Cleaning

Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

Palm Pruning Palms are

monocots (giant grasses) and they do not compartmentalize

Remove only non-living, brown fronds and fruit

Cut only below the horizontal

Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

Palm Pruning

Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education

Module #5: Palm AnatomyLaura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty