NAMING
Scientific Name: Zamia pumila
Family: Zamiaceae
Common: coontie
HABITAT
Native
Habitat: scrub sites, flatwoods, coastal, shell mounds
Range: Alabama -> Florida
TREE TRUNK
Size:
Bark: –
LEAVES
compound w linear leaflets that have entire margins
blunt apexes
stem: underground
no smell like slimleaf
Males: small cones
Females: looks like a pineapple
REPRODUCTION
Flowers:
Fruit: seeds, red, hard with fleshy exterior
USES
Does not reproduce well. Decline with commercial use by Native Americans and then colonizers.
Commercial – Sold as ornamental
TOLERANCES
Shade: moderate
Drought: high
UF Dendrology 
