1. Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education Module #5: Palm Anatomy Laura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty

2. 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.

3. Palm Anatomy

4. Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski One Apical Meristem

5. 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

6. Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski Palm Anatomy

7. Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

8. Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski Palm Anatomy

9. Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

10. Palms – Self-Cleaning vs. Non-Self-Cleaning Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

11. 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

12. Palm Pruning

13. Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education Module #5: Palm Anatomy Laura Sanagorski, Environmental Horticulture Extension Faculty