Cycad – Lepidozamia peroffskyana, roadside, Eagle Heights.
The plant was relocated to the edge of a block which was cleared of buildings and vegetation.
It was beginning to establish itself when a fierce wind split the trunk, which can grow to a diameter of 80cm.
The outer layer is covered by the persistent remains of leaf bases.
The cycad is an ancient, long-lived and slow-growing species, which is endemic to coastal south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales.
The cylindrical cone is among the largest of all cycad cones.
