Cabbage palm (or "sabal palm") can be found growing in a variety of soils in several Florida ecosystems, including upland hardwoods, flatwoods, oak hammocks, swamp forests, coastal marches, and tropical hammocks. Because it tolerates high water tables, it can also grow well in swamps, wet prairie, and coastal marshes. It may occur as single trees or groves of palms and it is also frequently planted in urban areas. The cabbage palm is found from southeastern North Carolina to the Florida Keys and is also native to the Bahamas and Cuba.