Palmettos by Karry Degruise - Royalty Free and Rights Managed Licenses

Karry Degruise

Bolton, MS

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Palmettos

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Karry Degruise

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The Palmetto found around cypress and oak trees. Palmetto can acclimate to such a landscape place around the base of its natural neighbors. Historically the palmetto played an important role in the lives of Louisiana natives and French colonists. The Choctaw, Chitimacha, and Houma Indiana tribes used the palmetto fronds were placed in rows, one atop the other moving up toward the peak of the roof thatching for their huts, with European settlers often following suit. The exterior walls in the same manner, layered from top to bottom, forming a rainproof wall covering as well as insulation.
Native American tribes were known for using the palm for medicine and food too. The Houma sliced the roots and baked them like a type of bread. They also used the dried roots in a decoction for the treatment of high blood pressure and kidney and urinary problems. Natives developed other ways to utilize this versatile native plant, like the basket weaving a tradition that continues today making hats, placemats and baskets to sell at festivals and open marketplaces

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