A dozen tall Texas Palmettos, evenly spaced, line the east bank of Waller Creek at the Austin Presbyterian Seminary. Although they had not flowered or produced fruit in summer 2003, the groundskeepers remembered the fruit size to be large enough to rule out Sabal palmetto, another palmetto often used for landscaping. The senior groundskeeper said that the palms were in place when he first came to the seminary some twenty years ago.

I was also told that raccoons are common visitors to the area. These are undoubtedly the primary agents in dispersing the fruits upstream.