Sara Edelman Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden In a past Miami Herald article, I called a young palm a sapling ... Botanists define trees narrowly, as woody plants with secondary growth.

May through August is the preferred time to plant palms here because the warm soil will encourage vigorous root growth ... trees in several interesting ways. FIBROUS TRUNK: A palm is a woody ...

Q: Last year, you wrote an article saying the roots that are on top of the ground by palm trees are dead. Is it ok to cut them off? Will these roots damage my foundation or concrete? — Jackie ...

In the deep interior of the Reserve, Walking Palm or Cashapona trees slowly migrate across the wilderness as new roots replace the old. The new growth drags ... new and more solid ground ...

They found that hundreds of strands of water-carrying xylem cells formed a cylindrical trunk, with secondary growth of woody and soft ... to that of modern palm trees. Job title: Associate or ...