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RE: Cycads are they Trees or Shrubs? #TreeTuesday
I think they are fascinating! Such dinosaur plants (see... I avoided 'tree' or 'shrub'... lol) I read something before about them being totally ancient plants and you confirmed it here that they date back 280 million years! They have that worm-looking new shoots that ferns have... Amazing that you have them in your garden!!
I just found this, may help answer your question... :) Cheers!
Thanks for the link, I am not surprised that they are related to palms, the answer is a tree and shrub.
When fresh shoots come out on my one they are soft and silky to the touch, grow into thorns and rip your flesh once they get a bit older. Why people poach them annoys me endlessly, when I bought there were no laws, but I would never take one from the wild, makes no sense.
The Cycas you can grow without permits or license and I have those for a later post, also very pretty.