not by scientific classification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_tree

http://www.offwell.free-online.co.uk/grass_id/intro2.htm

Palms are botanically monocots, which means that when they germinate, you see one leaf blade (as opposed to an oak or a maple tree where you see two leaf blades). So, yes, they are flowering plants (angiosperms) in the same monocot division as grasses or lilies or bamboos (the latter of which are basically arborescent grasses). So how come I can grow palms from all over the planet but can't keep the lawn green.--That's my question!

Thank you both for the information. I was always curious about that.

Maybe he meant that the bamboo that grows down there (got a friend that lives in Lake City which is just west of Jacksonville) all over. Bamboo is a grass.