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Originally Posted by flaflowerfloozie
They come up in clumps here as well after the opossums have had there way with them, in "Y's" of trees, in my flowerbeds, any where the creature has decided it's time to lighten the load per se' (how do they eat those? Better thought...How do they Pass them?) but I'm not far from you...it is a Florida native and we have little appreciation for them since they are everywhere.
If you don't have them, there a great addition to a collection. I understand the heart of the tree is edible and people pay good money for heart of palm.
It is yummy...
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The Sabal Palmetto was commonly used for hearts of palm. They even got the nickname "cabbage palm". The Sabal Minor rarely, if at all grows an above ground trunk and the heart is underground so they arent used. Sabal Palmettos used to be native to Cape Hatteras as well but died out. One of the theories as to why they died out was that the natives killed them all harvesting the hearts. There are still native populations of Sabal Palmetto in the southern end of NC.