The University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Cooperative Extension Service

Palm Fact Sheet

Compiled by Tom McClendon, President of the Southeastern Palm and Exotic Plant Society.
Reprinted with permission.

Common Name Botanical Name Mature Height Habit Damage Occurs Recovers From
Needle Palm * Rhapidophyllum hystrix 10 feet tall, mounding shrub 0 F -20 F
Dwarf Palmetto * Sabal minor 7 feet shrub 0 F -11 F
Louisiana Palmetto Sabal minor 'Louisiana' 10-12 feet shrub, eventually forms a squat trunk 0 F -3 F
Windmill Palm Trachycarpus fortunei 20-30 feet tree, slender trunk 5 F -11 F
Scrub Palm Sabal etonia 5-7 feet shrub sometimes forming a trunk 5 F 0 F
Cabbage Palm * Sabal palmetto 30-40 feet tree, stout trunk 10 F -5 F
Jelly Palm Butiacapitata 15-20 feet tree, stout trunk 12 F -6 F
Saw Palmetto * Serenoa repens 5-10 feet shrub, rarely form-ing a slender trunk 10-15 F -11 F
California Fan Washingtonia filifera 40 feet tree, stout trunk 15 F 0 F(?)
Mexican Fan Washingtonia robusta 40 feet tree 20-25 F 10 F
Canary Island Date Palm Phoenix canariensis 40-60 feet stout tree, pinnate leaf 17-20 F 10 F

* Georgia Native