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Zamia integrifolia

Coontie, arrowroot
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter
  • Photo by: Marjorie Shropshire, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Louise Raterman, Suncoast Chapter
  • Photo by: Beverly Friedel, Palm Beach Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Coontie, arrowroot

Sinónimo(s):

Zamia pumila, Zamia floridana

Especie del género:

Zamia integrifolia

Familia:

Zamiaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

Shrub

Tamaño:

2–3 ft tall by 3–5 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

orange, brown

Fenología:

Evergreen. Long-lived

Destacado por:

Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant or mass planting in border.

Consideraciones:

Grows slowly. Seeds, foliage, and roots are toxic.

Disponibilidad:

Quality Nurseries, Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Seed, Friends

Propagación:

Seed and root division.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Acidic to circum–neutral

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars

Larval host for the rare atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala florida) which is restricted to South Florida and the echo moth (Sierarctia echo).

Hábitats nativos:

Upland hardwood forests, high pine, coastal hammocks, shell middens

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Used by the Indians as a source of starch. Also for many years this starch was used in the making of Animal Crackers. Read more about this in 1995 Palmetto article by Roger Hammer: http://www.fnps.org/assets/pdf/palmetto/hammer_roger_l_the_coontie_and_the_atala_hairstreak_vol_15_no_4_winter_1995.pdf.

Comentarios generales:

Although palm-like in appearance, this is a cycad, a primitive group of non-flowering plants. It is listed as commercially exploited by the state of Florida.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Hammer, Roger. (2015). Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies in Tropical Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Hammer, R. L. (1995) The coontie and the Atala hairstreak. The story of two historically abundant Florida natives. The Palmetto , Winter, 3.


Minno, Marc, and Maria Minno. (1999). Florida Butterfly Gardening: A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.


Watkins, John, and Thomas Sheehan. (1975). Florida Landscape Plants, Native and Exotic. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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