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Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education Module #5: Palm Anatomy Laura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty
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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.
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Palm Anatomy
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Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski One Apical Meristem
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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
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Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski Palm Anatomy
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Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski
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Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski Palm Anatomy
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Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski
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Palms – Self-Cleaning vs. Non-Self-Cleaning Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski
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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
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Palm Pruning
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Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education Module #5: Palm Anatomy Laura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty
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