Editing Cycas ophiolitica II (section)

===Introduction===
Hi, my name is Scott Maclean and I live in the coastal town of Yeppoon in Central Queensland on the eastern seaboard of Australia. I have a passion for cycads not only Australian species and others throughout the world. To me this group of plants are simply fascinating, and all cycads have earned the right to be preserved in their natural habitat. These plants are long-time residents on our planet having survived prehistoric periods and it indeed a sad to think of them as being threatened, some already are on the edge of extinction. 

My article is to express my own personal observations of cycads in my own back yard, particularly ''C. ophiolitica'', a species that inhibits our nearby coastal ranges. Locally growing are various other cycads such as the Macrozamia species, ''M. miquelli'', ''M. serpentina'' with ''M. moorei'' and ''M. platyrachis'' growing further inland. Twenty miles further north in Byfield State Forest, ''Bowenia serrulata'' grows in small scattered colonies in sandy soils on the edge of creek banks. ''C. ophiolitica'' also has two cousins, ''C. media'' to the north and ''C. megacarpa'' to the south. All three of these species closely overlap each other in some areas however we will talk about this further on.
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