Coontie - south-florida-plant-guide.com
Coontie is a very hardy, slow-growing cycad that works well as a superb, low-maintenance shrub. Sometimes called "Coontie Palm," this is not actually a palm but a palm-like cycad plant. It's one tough cookie - perfect for dry areas, cold tolerant, not choosy as to light - yet it provides an appealing fine-textured look.
Coontie - Gardening Solutions
The coontie (Zamia integrifolia) looks like a small fern, and is typically one to three feet tall. It has stiff, glossy, featherlike leaves attached to a thick, short, underground stem. Florida’s native peoples once ground up the stems to create a starchy flour for cooking. Don’t try this yourself, though—the stem is toxic unless prepared properly.
Florida Native Plants – How To Grow And Care For Coontie
2018年1月25日 · The Coontie is real special because it is Florida’s only native cycad. Cycads are considered among the most ancient of all plants and are often referred to as living fossils. The cycad plant family is often confused with palms and ferns but they all have a central trunk topped with a whorl of leaves.
Unlike Sago cycads, Coontie may resemble a fern having both a soft appearance and a soft touch. Over time, the plant produces suckers to form a mounding shrub. The rusty brown cones provide winter interest, while the bright red-orange seeds produced on female cones further add to this plant’s attractiveness.
Zamia pumila (Coontie) - Gardenia
Long-lived, Zamia pumila (Coontie) is a small clumping, tough, woody cycad forming terminal rosettes of stiff, evergreen, pinnate leaves up to 3 ft. long (90 cm). This primitive fern-like plant grows from a thick underground stem.
Coontie - Wild South Florida
Coontie, Zemia integrifolia, might look like a cross between a fern and palm tree, but it is a cycad, the dominant plant type of the Triassic and Jurassic eras — the time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. It is, in effect, a living fossil. It is a Florida native — the only cycad native to the U.S. — also found in Georgia and the Caribbean.
Exploring Florida’s Natives: The Coontie - UF/IFAS Extension Pasco …
2024年7月16日 · Origins of the Coontie. The coontie (Zamia integrifolia), also known as Florida arrowroot, is indigenous to the sandy soils of Central and South Florida. Although the coontie looks like palm or fern, it is actually a cycad. Cycads are primitive plants that produce cones instead of flowers, with lineage that predate most flowering plants.
FPS-617/FP617: Zamia floridana Coontie - EDIS
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the coontie plant, a native Florida species also known as Zamia pumila. The document details the plant’s characteristics, including its feather-like, leathery foliage that emerges from a large underground storage root.
Coontie (Zamia pumila) Growing & Care Guide for Gardeners
2024年2月1日 · Features fern-like, evergreen foliage that adds a prehistoric touch to the landscape. Slow-growing and compact. Growing & Care: Prefers well-drained soil and can tolerate a range of light conditions, from full sun to deep shade. Drought-tolerant once established and requires minimal watering.
Coontie (Zamia integrifolia) - The Virtual UCF Arboretum
2017年6月4日 · The Coontie, Zamia integrifolia, is Florida’s only native cycad. Native Americans processed the large underground roots of coontie into a starchy flour. It is sometimes called Coontie Palm or Coontie Fern based on its tropical appearance. but it is a gymnosperm more closely related to pine trees than palms or ferns.