An alien landscape at dawn... ‘female’ seed cones of the #cycad #Zamia pumila at #SmithCollegeBotanicGarden. In wild, the temporary white gap between plates at base of strobili would give pollinating beetles direct access to receptive ovules in lower portion of cones. #Gymnosperm https://t.co/8Y1qUJiOOH

— Jesse Bellemare (@bellemare_jesse) 2019.2.9

Fans of Doug Tallamy have heard the story of the Atala butterfly's close escape from extinction, thanks to the landscaping industry discovering the Coontie plant (Zamia pumila) and planting... https://t.co/4SRJxQ6yeu

— Plant NoVA Natives (@NovaNatives) 2019.2.1

Kind of Rita LeBlanc from Friends of St. Marks Wildlife Refuge to help me identify some of the plants in the yard, including: Coonties (Zamia pumila), cardboard palms (Zamia furfuracea), American Beech trees, Needle Palms, Florida Anise, and Ocala Anise. Along w native lilies.

— Jeff VanderMeer (@jeffvandermeer) 2019.1.28

@Carraig It's a kind of non-native grass with a runner that is suffocating a native Coontie (Zamia pumila). I can cut it back for now without killing it.

— Jeff VanderMeer (@jeffvandermeer) 2019.1.29