Beaucarnea recurvata

Also known as Elephant's Foot, Ponytail Palm, Elephant Foot Tree

Ponytail palms feature an extraordinary swollen trunk base that stores water, allowing them to thrive through prolonged droughts in native Mexican scrublands. From the top of this bulbous caudex, hundreds of long, arching, strap-like leaves cascade downwards in a fountain pattern. While wildly successful as a low-maintenance global houseplant, native populations in tropical dry forests are critically threatened by poaching and land clearing.