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Australian cycads

darren_michael

By darren_michael
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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darren_michael

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Hello,

A bit off the palm subject...but does anyone have recommendations as to the best and most accessible places to see the larger cycads in Northern Territory or (preferably) Queensland? I'd like to incorporate that into a trip I'm planning for the next few months.

(And, even further off the subject...but any similar recommendations for grass trees/Xanthorrhoea in Queensland or Victoria?)

Thanks!!

Darren

ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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We have a few cycads here in NT and they are usually very accessible. They are everywhere... from the side of the road and to the national parks. I think QLD has more variety, but they are all spread around QLD, so it might be difficult to see them all. Hopefully someone from QLD would give you better information.

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

darren_michael Rookie

darren_michael

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Thanks! Any particular parks you'd recommend, if I do make it up there?

Darren

Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Lepidozamia hopeii - Daintree NP and around Mission Beach. Lepidozamia perrofskiana near Mt Tambourine in the Gold coast hinterland. The road btween Cairns and Daintree has many Cycas media, also near Cooktown.

If you want to see Macrozamia reidlii everywhere come to Perth in WA.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

freakypalmguy Grand Master

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Hi Darren, welcome to the board.

Make sure you take tons of pictures of your trip and share them here. I'm a cycad junkie as well and it's funny you mention Xanthorhoea, as this is one of the first plants that really caught my attention. This is the first plant I germinated from seed and have a few small ones growing at my house.

Hopefully more of our Aussie members will steer you in the right direction.

Matt

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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Gan Eden

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Lepidozamia hopeii - Daintree NP and around Mission Beach. Lepidozamia perrofskiana near Mt Tambourine in the Gold coast hinterland. The road btween Cairns and Daintree has many Cycas media, also near Cooktown.

If you want to see Macrozamia reidlii everywhere come to Perth in WA.

Best regards

Tyrone

Hey Tyrone,

You reckon reidii would do ok up here in the red dirt?

Did you get my email? :)

Lee

Cycadcenter Experienced

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Hello,

A bit off the palm subject...but does anyone have recommendations as to the best and most accessible places to see the larger cycads in Northern Territory or (preferably) Queensland? I'd like to incorporate that into a trip I'm planning for the next few months.

(And, even further off the subject...but any similar recommendations for grass trees/Xanthorrhoea in Queensland or Victoria?)

Thanks!!

Darren

Hi Darren,

Depends on how much time you have but a good trip is from Brisbane to Rockhampton with a few side trips.

Brisbane area

Lepidozamia peroffskyana

Macrozamia lucida

Gympie area

Mac. longispina

Mac. douglasii

Mac. pauli-guilielmi

Childers-Mt Perry

Mac. mountperriensis

Cycas megacarpa

Mac. lomandroides

Mac maclaeyii

Mac. crassifolia

Mac. cardiacensis

Mac. parcifolia

Xanthorrhoea glauca

Rockhampton-Byfield

Cycas ophiolitica

Bowenia serralata

Mac. miquelli

Mac. serpentina

Blackdown-Springsure

Mac. platyrachis

Mac. fearnsidii

Mac. moorei

Hope this helps

Bruce

Now living the life in Childers, Queensland.

darren_michael Rookie

darren_michael

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Thanks Bruce--that will help a lot!

In terms of time, if I may ask your opinion--I have 19 days to spend in eastern Queensland, traveling from Brisbane to Cairns, and am considering taking four days from that and spending them on Lord Howe Island. From an overall botanical/ecological perspective (a few rainforest parks plus some of the areas you listed), would you keep it simple and stay in Queensland? I imagine that it'll already be pretty rushed. Also, for the parks, I assume a car is better than the bus?

Thanks again!

Darren

Hello,

A bit off the palm subject...but does anyone have recommendations as to the best and most accessible places to see the larger cycads in Northern Territory or (preferably) Queensland? I'd like to incorporate that into a trip I'm planning for the next few months.

(And, even further off the subject...but any similar recommendations for grass trees/Xanthorrhoea in Queensland or Victoria?)

Thanks!!

Darren

Hi Darren,

Depends on how much time you have but a good trip is from Brisbane to Rockhampton with a few side trips.

Brisbane area

Lepidozamia peroffskyana

Macrozamia lucida

Gympie area

Mac. longispina

Mac. douglasii

Mac. pauli-guilielmi

Childers-Mt Perry

Mac. mountperriensis

Cycas megacarpa

Mac. lomandroides

Mac maclaeyii

Mac. crassifolia

Mac. cardiacensis

Mac. parcifolia

Xanthorrhoea glauca

Rockhampton-Byfield

Cycas ophiolitica

Bowenia serralata

Mac. miquelli

Mac. serpentina

Blackdown-Springsure

Mac. platyrachis

Mac. fearnsidii

Mac. moorei

Hope this helps

Bruce

Cycadcenter Experienced

Cycadcenter

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It's about 1600 km from Brisbane to Cairns, there is a bus that goes straight through but your not going to see much from a bus.

If you drive up 75% of the species I listed are basically along the coastal area and about an hour inland, If you drive up all the way you can add a couple more species,

Cycas media sp encata at St Laurence

Cycas candida at Cardwell

Cycas media at Cairns

Cycas media and Bowenia sp "Tinnaroo" at Atherton

Lepidozamia hoopei and Bowenia serralata at Daintree and Cape Tribulation.

10-12 days would be a good time to allow to see most of these and add a couple of days to see the ones west of Rocky.

Regards

Bruce

Now living the life in Childers, Queensland.

philinsydney Mentor

philinsydney

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Thereare plenty of grasstrees in the bushland around Sydney, many with trunks, but not many huge ones. The biggest ones I`ve seen are in the Warrumbungles on the Bluff Mountain track

Philip Wright

Sydney southern suburbs

Frost-free within 20 km of coast

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Gary Clarke Newbie

Gary Clarke

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I know this is an old thread, but there’s a really, really handy new list of Australian naïve cycads on Aussie Green Thumb. It doesn’t go into detail about the characteristics of each, but if you ever need to just start out, or you’re planning on planting a new Cycad species/genus, it gives a good indication of where they are native to (some even down to the national park, or river basin they’re found in…).


It might be a handy resource for anyone on this forum, but it came up when I was searching, so I’m guessing there’s still people looking for useful answers about native Cycads that end up here.


The article with the list of Australian native cycads is here: https://aussiegreenthumb.com/how-to-grow-cycads/

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