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Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education Module #5: Palm Anatomy

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

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Strengthening our Community Tree Canopy Through Education Module #5: Palm Anatomy

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  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. One Apical Meristem Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski

  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. Palm Anatomy Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

  8. Photo: UF Laura Sanagorski Palm Anatomy

  9. Palm Anatomy 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 Photos: UF Laura Sanagorski

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

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