Texas phoenix palm decline known to attack palm trees in Florida. The introduction of this disease has left the state of Florida struggling to control the potential damage to palm trees in landscapes statewide. It has been observed to almost exclusively attack the Canary Island palm, but is seen on other species. Since 2009, Texas Phoenix palm disease is known to severely affect the "Phoenix spp." and "Sabal spp." palm trees: Canary Island date palm, silver or sylvester date palm, Queen palm, Sabal palm, and cabbage palm. All of these trees have been observed to have the same symptoms. The complete host range of
Heart of palm Heart of palm Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees (notably coconut ("Cocos nucifera"), juçara ("Euterpe edulis"), Açaí palm ("Euterpe oleracea"), palmetto ("Sabal" spp.), and peach palm. Harvesting of many uncultivated or wild single-stemmed palms results in palm tree death (e.g. "Geonoma edulis"). However, other palm species are clonal or multi-stemmed plants (e.g. "Prestoea acuminata", "Euterpe oleracea") and moderate harvesting will not kill the entire clonal palm. Heart of palm may be eaten on its own, and often it is eaten in a salad. An alternative to wild heart