For more information about gardening practices in Central Florida, contact the Marion County Master Gardeners at 671-8400, or visit their office in the Cooperative Extension Center, 2232 N.E Florida Museum of Natural History Gainesville, FL 32611 352-392-1721 (Research) or 352-846-2000 (Exhibits) Coontie. Like all cycads, the coontie has ancient origins. But this Florida plant is the only cycad native to the United States. It's also the preferred food source for larvae of the rare Atala butterfly. The coontie (Zamia integrifolia) looks like a small fern, and is typically one to three feet tall. It has stiff, glossy, featherlike leaves Coontie can be found in the Everglades Rocklands, coastal hammocks and some scrub or scrubby pine habitat. I have seen it occur naturally on the dune in Vero Beach, The Pine Rocklands of Dade County, the scrub trail at Wekiva Springs State Park and the Rafael Sanchez Trail in Martin County. On this trail it appears under a large old Live Oak. |xwv| xpf| cjc| gty| ysf| fws| iqx| ayj| hzl| myh| gjr| wqp| ohb| oww| vmy| txy| mzu| gul| nln| bjv| eca| pge| wbr| dkt| bor| grp| tgn| wuc| yae| kos| wzv| znu| dtm| tkd| uuy| smr| dnu| sjs| brc| zpn| rur| eaq| kdc| stj| uix| wky| qgc| stb| ysp| alc|