” In fact, they’re botanically classified as a grass and not a tree.”
“Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Arecidae
Order Arecales
Family Arecaceae – Palm family”
They are PLANTS! NOT trees.
Ya don’t know, what ya don’t know.
https://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=display&classid=Arecaceae
OOPS!
Upon further examination, I discovered that MAPLE trees are also PLANTS!