Florida Palm Explorer

Meet 20 palms found in Florida with this illustrated Ecoscape Kids learning book for ages 8–12. Eight featured palms are Florida natives and twelve are introduced landscape palms. Every palm receives two educational pages: a full-plant identification page and a closer look at its frond, trunk, flowers, fruit, and connections to its surroundings.

Learn the differences between fan and feather leaves, recognize a crownshaft, compare single trunks with natural clumps, and understand why leaf scars do not reveal a palm’s exact age. Side-by-side explanations distinguish similar palms and introduce concepts including native range, endemic plants, hybrids, seed movement, and habitat.

The complete 48-page printable PDF includes a full-color borderless cover, two introductory palm-science lessons, 40 palm profile pages, a glossary, source references, and a traditional two-page alphabetical index. A distinct teal, sand, and copper interior uses clear illustrations and generous margins for home printing.

Created by Ecoscape Outdoor Services, LLC for families, homeschool learning, and classrooms. Featured palms include cabbage palm, saw palmetto, dwarf palmetto, scrub palmetto, paurotis, royal, Florida thatch, Florida silver, Christmas, areca, pygmy date, Canary Island date, date, queen, pindo, Mexican fan, Chinese fan, Bismarck, coconut, and foxtail palms.