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25. At the very beginning there are

Sabal palm trees. They are commonly dug up from habitat as land is developed in Florida and transplanted. However, they have almost all their fronds cut off in order to transplant successfully and it takes a year or so to grow them out. These palms at the very beginning have been in place at least a year. Sabals are one of the hardiest palms and mature specimens survived in Dallas in the bad winters of the 80's when temperatures dipped to around 0°F. Dallas was horticultural zone 8a back then, the same as Memphis now. Nashville and Knoxville are either 7a or 7b. I suppose that with some winter protection, in a downtown (heat island) area they could be brought through a normal winter.