Nature
Field Notes: The Palmetto
Amongst the seventeen endemic plants of Bermuda, is one palm, Sabal bermudana, popularly known as the palmetto. This palm has undoubtedly figured in Bermuda literature as frequently as the native cedar. May writers have told of the various uses to which the palmetto was put during the early history of the Island; and how fears were expressed that by the ruthless cutting down of the palm it might become extinct. Happily, however, this did not happen for there are still…
May 17, 2022
