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Zamia furfuracea L. f.
Cardboard-palm

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Zamiaceae

Group: Gymnosperm

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern Mexico (Veracruz).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

South Florida History and Distribution: IRC considers this an emerging invasive in South Florida.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Zamia furfuracea available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Zamia furfuracea has been found in the following 28 conservation areas :
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Not Native, Cultivated Only
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Gulfstream Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Kiplinger	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Medlock Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Not Native, Naturalized

	Occurrence	Native Status
Zamia furfuracea has been found in the following 3 counties :
Martin County		Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County		Not Native, Naturalized
Palm Beach County		Not Native, Naturalized