Palmetto
# Palmetto

Palmetto (meaning "little palm") may refer to:

## Palms

Several small palms in the Arecaceae (palm tree) family:

* in the genus Sabal:
   * Bermuda palmetto, Sabal bermudana
   * Birmingham palmetto, Sabal 'Birmingham'
   * Cabbage palmetto, Sabal palmetto
   * Dwarf, or bush palmetto, Sabal minor
   * Hispaniola palmetto, Sabal domingensis
   * Jamaica palmetto, Sabal maritima
   * Mexican, Texas, or Rio Grande palmetto, Sabal mexicana
   * Miami palmetto, Sabal miamiensis
   * Puerto Rico palmetto, Sabal causiarum
   * Rosei palmetto, Sabal rosei
   * Royal palmetto, Sabal pumos
   * Scrub palmetto, Sabal etonia
   * Sonoran palmetto, Sabal uresana
   * Yucatán palmetto, Sabal gretheriae
* Palmetto, Chamaerops humilis, native to Europe and north Africa
* Saw palmetto, Serenoa repens, native to North America

## Places

* Palmetto, Alabama
* Palmetto, California
* Palmetto, Florida
* Palmetto Bay, Florida
* Palmetto Beach, neighborhood in Tampa, Florida
* Palmetto Estates, Florida
* Palmetto Historic District
* Palmetto, Georgia
* Palmetto, Oglethorpe County, Georgia
* Palmetto, Louisiana
* Palmetto, Missouri
* Palmetto, Nevada, a ghost town

## Schools

* Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida
* Palmetto Bay Academy in Miami, Florida
* Palmetto High School (Florida) in Palmetto, Florida
* Palmetto High School (South Carolina) in Williamston, South Carolina
* Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, Florida
* Palmetto State e-Cademy, a virtual public charter school in South Carolina

## Transportation

* Palmetto (train), an Amtrak passenger train in the United States
* Palmetto (ACL train), a former ACL passenger train in the United States
* Palmetto (Metrorail station) in Miami, Florida
* Palmetto Railroad, former railroad in North Carolina and South Carolina
* Palmetto Railway, former railroad in North Carolina and South Carolina
* Palmetto Trail, foot and bike trail in South Carolina
* The Palmetto Expressway, Florida State Road 826

## Entertainment

* Palmetto (film), a 1998 neo-noir
* Palmetto Records, an American jazz record label founded in 1990
* Palmetto State Quartet, a gospel group from Greenville, South Carolina
* "The Palmetto State Song", a 1860 song popular during the American Civil War
* Palmetto Pointe, a 2005 TV show
* Palmetto Leaves, an 1873 memoir by Harriet Beecher Stowe

## Other

* Palmetto State, the official nickname for the state of South Carolina
* Palmetto (crater), of the moon
* Palmetto Cheese, brand of pimento cheese
* Palmetto Electric
* Palmetto FC Bantams, amateur soccer team in Greenwood, South Carolina
* Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the governor of South Carolina
* Palmetto Regiment, military unit of volunteers from South Carolina serving in the Mexican–American War
* CSS Palmetto State, an 1862 Confederate ironclad ship
* Palmetto Island State Park, Louisiana
* Palmetto State Park, Gonzales County, Texas
* Palmetto Mountains, range in Nevada
* Palmetto Health Baptist Columbia, South Carolina
* Palmetto Health Richland, hospital network in Columbia, South Carolina
* Palmetto Health, hospital network in Richland County, South Carolina
* Florida woods cockroach, a.k.a. Palmetto bug, different species from American cockroach
* Palmetto Skipper, Euphyes arpa, a butterfly
* Palmetto Pass, an electronic toll collection system in South Carolina
