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Zamia integrifolia L. f.
Coontie, Florida arrowroot

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Zamiaceae

Group: Gymnosperm

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (southeastern Georgia and Florida); Bahamas, Cuba, and Cayman Islands.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

State of Florida Status: Commercially Exploited

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This is widespread in South Florida growing a wide variety of habitats, most of which have been subjected to continuous habitat loss and fragmentation outside of Everglades National Park; it was also widely harvested in the 20th century. Using modern NatureServe criteria, we re-ranked this as Rare in South Florida in July 2018.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Although some authors place this into synonymy under Z. pumila, we follow the taxonomy of the World List of Cycads.

Also visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images on Z. integrifolia in South Florida. See also a 2022 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on the history, pollination and uses of Coontie.

Synonyms: Z. pumila, misapplied.

Other data on Zamia integrifolia available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Zamia integrifolia has been found in the following 111 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Present	Native, presumed Extirpated, now Cultivated Only
Andrew Dodge Memorial Pineland	Present	Native
Arch Creek Addition	Present
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Absent	Native, Cultivated Only
Beachwalk Pasley Park	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Coral Pines Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Don Pedro Island State Park	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
George N. Avery Pineland	Present	Native
Girl Scouts South Miami Little House	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
High Ridge Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Hollywood North Beach Regional Park	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
Ives Estate Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Kunkel Small Pineland	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Reported
Kendalwood	Present	Native
Kitchen Key	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Medlock Pineland	Present	Native
Meissner Hammock	Present	Native
Moreno Pine Rockland	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Northrop Pineland	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pine Ridge Sanctuary	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Ron Ehmann Park	Present	Native
School Board Property (Moody Drive and Turnpike)		Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Whispering Pines Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Zamia integrifolia has been found in the following 9 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Palm Beach County		Native