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Macrozamia fraseri

Macrozamia fraseri is typical of cycads in being slow-growing, perennial, evergreen and dioecious. The trunk of old plants can be over a metre in height, with a surface burnt by bush fires of the past.

Macrozamia fraseri is a species of plant in the Zamiaceae family. It is endemic to the south west of Western Australia, and restricted largely to the sandy soils of the Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton Sandplains. The range of Macrozamia fraseri overlaps that of Macrozamia riedlei. Macrozamia fraseri is typical of cycads in being slow-growing, perennial, evergreen and dioecious. More

Macrozamia fraseri is separated by the robust and often caulescent habit, keeled leaves, densely woolly crowns and large cones. More