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