Palm Fact: palms are called monocots and trees are called dicots. When you cut a palm's trunk, there are NO rings inside...they're actually more related to grass.
All the new growth at the bottom of this cluster of palms was just pruned. These palms get out of control if not pruned. They are all over south Florida where I live. All kinds of critters live in the base if not pruned...I especially don't care for the black racers (snakes) that make their homes here. I don't care if racers are good for the yard! :)
We northerners sometimes forget what life is like in other places. A few years ago, my husband and I were geocaching in Bradenton and the cache was hidden in a palm that had been enveloped by a strangler fig. I reached into a hole to see if the cache was there, and I pulled out a frog! That was a "gentle" reminder to think before I put my hands anywhere down there!
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