Zamia furfuracea
COMMON NAME | Cardboard cycad |
TYPE | Cycad |
FAMILY | Zamiaceae |
NOTES | The
rigid, woody, medium-green foliage of cardboard plant emerges from a thick
fleshy trunk that serves as a water reservoir in times of drought and forms a
loose, spreading, symmetrical rosette eventually reaching to six or eight
feet tall. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico |
NATIVE
HABITAT | This
species grows in areas varying from generally arid thorn scrub to sandy soils
and in limestone sea cliffs. |
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