Cycas couttsiana
A cycad of the dry inland uplands of north Queensland, recorded at roughly 750 to 900 m. It takes hot, very sunny summers with short wet seasons and long dry winters with cool nights; grow it hard, bright and well-drained.
Where it grows wild
Assumed from the measured sites and the genus: open, dry savanna woodland on rocky or stony ground, with little canopy overhead.
Recorded at 746 to 900 m (median 900 m), in the inland uplands west of the Great Dividing Range.
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