all types of Serenoa repens along the St. Francis trail; tall,short,silver,green

[Eric in Orlando]

Here are some photos of all different forms of Saw Palmetto, Serenoa repens, along the St. Francis ghost town trail (see my Sabal palmetto post).At the start, it is higher, drier ground but shady. The Saw Palmetto here had a silver coloring to it. As you hiked in further, it turned to the green form and lots of taller trunked specimen. Further along out in the sunnier locations in bayhead forest, with Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) and Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus), the palms were shorter and more yellow-green.

Here is probably my favorite specimen, it is trunking and single stemmed. It was about 7ft tall.

Some of the silvery specimens

[Eric in Orlando]

a couple more silvery specimens

green, trunked specimens

[Eric in Orlando]

Serenoa repens with juvenile Sabal palmetto and young Laurel Oaks (Quercus laurifolia)

[Eric in Orlando]

short green Saw Palmetto with Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) and young Laurel Oaks (Quercus laurifolia)

Growing with Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) and dying Red Bay Trees (Persea borbonia)

growing with young Loblolly Bay Trees (Gordonia lasianthus) and Loblolly Pines (Pinus taeda)

[Eric in Orlando]

Growing with Powderpuff Lichens, Cladina evansii

[Alberto]

I like this habitat photos very much. Thanks for posting them here!

[Eric in Orlando]

You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed them !