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Serenoa repens

Serenoa repens

Found in pine flatwoods; maritime forests and thickets; Coastal dunes and beaches; sandhills. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 35%

Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to average
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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 7 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food. 174 animals.

Widespread birds also seen here (44)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of Mississippi

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

9CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Serenoa

  • Atheloca subrufellaPalm Bud Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Euphyes arpaPalmetto Skipper
  • Homaledra heptathalamaExclamation Moth
  • Homaledra sabalellaPalm Leaf Skeletonizer
  • Litoprosopus futilisCabbage Palm Caterpillar, Palmetto Borer
  • Pleuroprucha asthenariaAsthene Wave
  • Batrachedra decoctor
  • Melanocinclis vibex
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
26BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Serenoa

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
1BirdsRecorded eating Serenoa in Mississippi

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Mississippi, most records first.

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab)

Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Birds that eat Serenoa 1

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
ARECACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Mississippi rankS4
Global rankNot available
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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