Kat2

but aren't? And they're impossible to kill? They seem to pop up everywhere. It's too dark to take specimen pics but I will tomorrow if nobody knows what I mean. I patrol carefully and pull many seedlings now but these got established before I was on the prowl and I need them gone. How?

BTW, I still find a few air potatoes on my lot which I gather and freeze then toss. Since I no longer have vines, I'm mystified at where they come from. I'm enough of a conspiracy/tin foil hat gal to imagine that the many Cuban frogs I've yet to catch are carting them in at night whilst riding on the backs of armadillos--laughing manically about my efforts to secure my yard as a sanctuary for FL natives. Criminy! I just found out there are moles in FL...no dandelions but everything else the north "offered" and more...tilting at windmills I am.

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Kegas76

If it resembles a Saw but isn't then it might be a Scrub Palmetto Spotting the Difference: Saw vs Scrub Palmetto

Then again I can never tell any of them apart. Could be a dwarf palmetto for all I know

Here is a broader list of Florida Native Palms (PDF 15 MB)

Kat2

Thank you so very much! I've asked many Floridians; they were no help. How best to kill them? I have a large one in my yard and will let it be but only that one; the progeny have to go.

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Kegas76

"Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash., scrub palmetto, bush palmetto, bluestem, or corkscrew palmetto has a solitary underground (rarely aboveground to 1 meter) spiral-shaped trunk and 4–7 yellow-green leaves with a prominent costa and filaments between leaf segments "

So my guess would be you need to damage them below the surface. If its stand alone plants dig down deep an pull them up. If its seedlings (or pups) near a bigger one maybe give it a couple stabs with whatever you use to separate banana pups.

Sabal etonia - Palmpedia - Palm Grower's Guide
"Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water."

Maybe drown it with brine?

The Best Way to Get Rid of Palmetto Bushes
This piece says chop it to the ground and poison it. If that doesn't work the first time try again

Kat2

Sadly some of these are in areas where I can't really chop or dig. I've been working on one for a year. I cut it back a few times and each time treated it with concentrated glyosphate; right now it seems only brown. Fingers crossed it won't get "frisky" again. If only it were the real thing...I'd fill my yard with them and sell berries.

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