Albany ‘adopts’ non-native palm trees

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July 17, 2016

Albany Arborist Ili Si Malone said increasingly warmer weather has allowed Sabal Palm trees to survive in Albany, which is at the northern edge of the trees’ typical climate limit. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Despite being at what a tree expert calls the “limit” of its northern climatic comfort level, Sabal Palm trees have grown in Albany for more than 75 years.

A 1951 photo shows the palm trees lining West Broad Avenue in Albany during the Shriner’s Parade. Although the Sabal Palmettos along the downtown government square are not native to this area, the trees have survived seven decades. (Special Photo: Courtesy Bruce Maples)

A row of palm trees stands century along the median that separates east- and westbound West Broad Avenue in downtown Albany. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Palm trees line the courtyard around Gortatowski Park in front of the downtown Albany Government Center. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A lone palm tree stands beside the flagpole in front of the Albany-Dougherty Judicial Building on Pine Avenue. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Albany Arborist Ili Si Malone said the relative health of Albany’s non-indigenous sabal palm trees is dependent on such factors as soil and location. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

A majority of the Sabal Palm trees that were transplanted along Albany’s downtown government square have survived for decades even though they’re not native to the area. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

The first sabal palm trees that were transplanted in Albany were brought to the city from Florida around 1940. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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