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- Large Arkansas Butia Capitata
Posted by Austin, Little Rock on October 26, 2009, 20:17:40
Some of you may remember my post a while back about the large butia I found in southern Arkansas. I had a chance to visit the palm again and here are some good pictures of it. I have no other information on the palm other than it's old! 
Below is my old post from December 2008 followed by the new palm pics.
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On a trip to southern Arkansas over the Christmas holiday, I found what is probably the greatest palm discovery ever in the state. While driving through the small town of Dermott, located in southeast Arkansas on Highway 35, I saw a huge butia growing in a small front yard of an older house. I would imagine the palm is at 18 feet tall with a very awesome trunk. This is something that you'd see growing along the Gulf coast, not in Arkansas. The location of the town is at 33.5 latitude--the same as Birmingham, Alabama...I am declaring this the tallest pindo palm in the state of Arkansas.
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- Re: Large Arkansas Butia Capitata
Posted by Joe K on October 28, 2009, 13:28:09, in reply to "Large Arkansas Butia Capitata"
Wow Austin that is VERY impressive!!! Excellent palm thanks for documenting that next time I'm in the "Natural State" I'm going to drive by and have a look at it! - Re: Large Arkansas Butia Capitata
Posted by Austin, Little Rock on October 29, 2009, 0:11:29, in reply to "Re: Large Arkansas Butia Capitata"
Thanks, Joe. I hope you have time to visit our area next summer. It would be a fun road trip.
By the way, whatever happened to Jon who used to post here? He was into hardy palms. He hasn't posted in a long time.
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