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While there are more than 200 species of cycads, only one is native to Florida, and only a couple are popular landscaping plants in our area.
Cycads / ˈ s aɪ k æ d z / are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants of a species are either male or female. Cycads vary in size from having trunks only a few centimeters to several meters tall.
This is a tall, tree-like cycad plant with a stem that can be upright or lying down, reaching up to 4.5 m (15 ft) in height and 30 and 45 cm (12–18 in) in diameter. Its bright green, feather-like leaves grow in a cluster at the top of the trunk, each leaf being 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) long and supported by a 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long stalk ...
Cycads are dioecious, meaning that there are separate male and female plants, and the female produces seeds while the male produces pollen. Plants of this taxon have generally been considered to be wind pollinated, but several recent studies suggest that insect pollination is more likely. The seeds produced are typically large with a hard ...
This cycad is found in dry, hot sites in the scrublands of eastern India. Clumps of the plant are common via pups only in males. Clumps of the plant are common via pups only in males. The plant is fairly fire resistant, except as seeds and seedlings, which are very vulnerable to annual grass fires.
Encephalartos is a genus of cycad native to Africa. Several species of Encephalartos are commonly referred to as bread trees, [2] bread palms [3] or kaffir bread, [4] since a bread-like starchy food can be prepared from the centre of the stem.
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden and conservatory located in Columbus, Ohio.It is open daily and an admission fee is charged. Today, it is a horticultural and educational institution showcasing exotic plant collections, special exhibitions, and Dale Chihuly artworks.
A largely underground trunk results in very little of the plant being visible, so that it is described as a dwarf species. The crown normally consists of tightly-packed bracts covered in dense grey woolly hair (villosus = hairy). As with all cycads this species is dioecious. Male plants may carry up to 15 cones, whereas only one or two occur on ...