1. Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education
Module #5: Palm Anatomy
Laura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty

2. 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.

3. Palm Anatomy

4. One Apical Meristem
Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski

5. 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

6. Palm Anatomy
Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski

7. Palm Anatomy
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

8. Palm Anatomy
Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski

9. Palm Anatomy
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

10. Palms – Self-Cleaning vs. Non-Self-Cleaning
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

11. 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

12. Palm Pruning
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

13. Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education
Module #5: Palm Anatomy
Laura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty