When saw palmetto berry pickers headed back into Florida's wilderness as the harvesting season began in August, it wasn't just the heat and wild animals they had to worry about. This year, for the ...

As we’re seeing this year, even Lowcountry winters can seem cold and dreary sometimes, but we’re lucky to have plenty of green in the landscape. For example, saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) — that tough ...

Saw palmetto is a shrub palm that grows commonly from South Carolina south to Florida westward to Texas. The Serenoa repens variety produces berries that are thought to have medicinal properties; ...

RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA) — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after two people allegedly illegally harvested 800 pounds of saw palmetto berries from a farm in Ruskin. Apothecary and ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez is adding more resources to nab thieves who are illegally harvesting saw palmetto berries. This comes after two people were recently ...

What is saw palmetto? Saw palmetto, or Serenoa repens, is a dwarf palm tree native to the southeast regions of North America and especially abundant in Florida, Georgia, Cuba, and the Bahamas (1). It ...

Saw palmetto may provide health benefits, including supporting prostate and urinary health and reducing male pattern baldness. It may have additional uses, though more research is needed. Saw palmetto ...