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Zamias or Cycads ...ancient plants that created vast forests millions of years ago. They grow very slowly, at 2m high they could be around 2000 years old. This variety only grows around and in the Jarrah forest regains of Western Australia's southwestern corner.

 

Zamias or Cycads are a ancient group of plants which look palm-like. There have male and female plants. The female plants produce large, pineapple-like cones containing large red-orange seeds.

 

 

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Uploaded on April 13, 2008
Taken on April 11, 2008