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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cycas revoluta Thunb.
Sago-palm, Japanese sago-palm

Cycas revoluta

Family: Cycadaceae

Group: Gymnosperm

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern Japan

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SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

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Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Cultivated from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.

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Cycas revoluta has been reported from the following 2 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Bahia Honda State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only






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Cycas revoluta

Cycas revoluta