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Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education Module #5: Palm Anatomy Laura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty. Strengthening Our Community Tree Canopy 2012 Urban Forestry Series - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education
Module #5: Palm AnatomyLaura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty
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.
Palm Anatomy
Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski
One Apical Meristem
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
Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski
Palm Anatomy
Palm Anatomy
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski
Photo: UF Laura SanagorskiPalm Anatomy
Palm Anatomy
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski
Palms – Self-Cleaning vs. Non-Self-Cleaning
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski
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
Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski
Palm Pruning
Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education
Module #5: Palm AnatomyLaura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty