Can anyone identify what these trees are?

[Molandfreak]

My mom and brother are on a road trip to Houston. They passed this truck near Dallas and wondered if these were just palm trees with the leaves chopped off. Does anyone know for sure?

[agentsteel53]

looks to be, yes. 

[NE2]

The Larch.

[realjd]

Yep, they're fan-type palm trees, most likely sabal palms or washingtonia or something similar.

[SteveG1988]

[roadman]

The Larch.

And now - Number Three, The Horse Chestnut (to the sound of thunderous applause)

[hm insulators]

Those are definitely palm trees, possibly on their way to Arizona or California as inland Texas would be too cold for most palms.

[xcellntbuy]

Big ol' palm trees with a "hurricane" cut.  I see them all the time in south Florida, transported to new planting sites.

[formulanone]

Yep, they're fan-type palm trees, most likely sabal palms or washingtonia or something similar.

Definitely the latter, since Sabal Palms don't have stalk remnants that look like that one. They fall off after a while.

[realjd]

Yep, they're fan-type palm trees, most likely sabal palms or washingtonia or something similar.

Definitely the latter, since Sabal Palms don't have stalk remnants that look like that one. They fall off after a while.

Want me to go take pictures of the sabal palms behind my fence? Or just Google Image Search it. The wild ones retain their stalk remnants all the way to the ground. The ones planted for landscaping are usually cleaned up.

[formulanone]

I thought sabal palmettos were the ones with (basically) cylindrical trunks? I've seen the unbooted variety in the wild, on farms, ranches, and state parks. Maybe I'm thinking of another palm.

[Road Hog]

Those are definitely palm trees, possibly on their way to Arizona or California as inland Texas would be too cold for most palms.

There must be a hardy variety of palm available, because they can and do live in North Texas. Several subdivisions have planted them lining streets, and I see them more and more in yards as ornamentals.

[realjd]

I thought sabal palmettos were the ones with (basically) cylindrical trunks? I've seen the unbooted variety in the wild, on farms, ranches, and state parks. Maybe I'm thinking of another palm.

You must be thinking of something else. From the wiki link you posted:


The branch stalks will fall off in the wind, burn off in a wild fire, or get rubbed off by animals. In protected locations though, it's not uncommon to see them with the branch remnants going all the way to the ground.