Dioon sonorense
A slow, trunk-forming cycad from the hills of Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua, with stiff blue-green to grey leaves whose leaflets are spiny-toothed. It grows on dry rocky slopes in thornscrub and tropical deciduous forest, with a hot dry spring and summer monsoon rains, and it is among the more drought- and cold-tolerant Dioon.
Where it grows wild
Steep rocky slopes and cliffs in thornscrub, tropical deciduous forest and the lower oak zone, often fully exposed. Recorded at 134–1800 m, median about 850 m.
Records at 134–1800 m (median 847 m); the main climate sites are at 400–1500 m.
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