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Name your favourite prehistoric tree. (mander.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 22 points 11 months ago

But they have names already.

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    [+] 15 points 11 months ago* (2 children)
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    • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    And now:

    No. 3: The Larch

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    • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Ginkgo and Arucaria for beating out almost all the others in the game of survival lol

    I guess Nypa & Acrocomia are cool too

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Had a Gingko tree outside my childhood home up in Washington. We were right down the highway from Ginkgo Petrified Forest too. It was wild knowing a tree like the one at home stood just down the road ~ 16 MYA. Yeah, there aren't a lot of gingkos in that park, and there's plenty of other trees that have the same circumstance, but that gingko was special to me.

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Gotta be the Dicksonia. Dicksonia mom HAH

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    I've always been a fan of the prehistoric plants ( though if I'm being pedantic the vast majority of plants are prehistoric). Araucaria and Dicksonia are the best of the best!

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Arborescence is one of my favorite examples of convergent evolution .

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Fan palms. Still hang out with Washingtonia and Robusta from time to time

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    The pine. Looks like a cross between asparagus and broccoli.

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    • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    To me the coolest ones are certainly any prehistoric Lycopodiopsida, like the Sigillaria shown here!

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Sigillaria is so cute!!!

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    [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Fucking sad

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