They pre-date the Jurassic era, come in hundreds of varieties, and Brad Pitt is said to be a fan. But cycads face a growing threat from land clearing and zealous collectors.
The Hollywood actor's landscape designer Jay Griffith told the New York Times he planted a grove of"He kept saying, 'I want more and more'. To me, they are most majestic when you plant gobs of them. You expect a triceratops to come around the corner and just gobble them up," Mr Griffith told the publication.
Stan Walkley has at least 100 cycads on his Sunshine Coast property and believes interest in the plants is growing. The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney is building up its collection of cycads as they come under increasing threat in the wild. While its reputation has improved since then, more work is required to preserve many of the endangered species.
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