Species: Encephalartos ferox G. Bertol. Date: 2012-09-09 Location: Near Dunes de Dovela ecolodge, close to Dongane Lagoa. Just north of Zavora beach and 80 kms south of Inhambane. Habitat: Coastal dune forest
cross section of an Encephalartos ferox coralloid root under a microscope, with the resident cyanobacteria visible as the tiny, green, disk-like spots.
Encephalartos senticosusLebombo cycad. Female cone. Included in the IUCN Red List as vulnerable. It is also listed in Appendix 1 of CITES. E. senticosus is found in the Lebombo Mountains of South Africa. Photographed at University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA