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Life on land as we know it is shaped largely by the activities of seed plants. This large and important group appeared early in the evolution of vascular plants, and throughout the Late Paleozoic shared dominance of the land flora with ferns, lycophytes, and sphenopsids.
- Introduction to The Lyginopterids
Introduction to the Lyginopterids. Primordial seed plants....
- Introduction to The Seed Plants
Seed-producing plants are probably the most familiar plants...
- FOSSIL Record of The Plantae
Chart of First Appearances of Major Groups. The above chart...
- Cycads
Introduction to the Cycads. Legacy of the Mesozoic. Cycads...
- Triassic
The Triassic Period 248 to 206 Million Years Ago. In many...
- Introduction to The Sphenophyta
Introduction to the Sphenophyta. Yesterday's trees, today's...
- Introduction to The Anthophyta
Introduction to the Anthophyta the flowering plants. If you...
- Devonian
The Rhynie Chert in Scotland is a Devonian age deposit...
- Mazon Creek, Illinois
Mazon Creek is well known for its diverse and excellently...
- Introduction to The Lyginopterids
The concept of pteridosperms goes back to the late 19th century when palaeobotanists came to realise that many Carboniferous fossils resembling fern fronds had anatomical features more reminiscent of the modern-day seed plants, the cycads.
California polypody (Polypodium californicum) is one of the few ferns found in the Reserve, and the most common one. It is native to moist areas throughout California and northern Baja. California polypody makes its appearance after the first winter rains and disappears during the dry summer months.
It wasn’t until 1946 that the connection was discovered, and in 1948, Harvard University funded an expedition to see the living tree. Seeds were collected, and seedlings and seeds were then distributed to various universities and arboretums, bringing back this ancient plant.
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seed fern, loose confederation of seed plants from the Carboniferous and Permian periods (about 360 to 250 million years ago). Some, such as Medullosa, grew as upright, unbranched woody trunks topped with a crown of large fernlike fronds; others, such as Callistophyton, were woody vines.
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May 8, 2018 · Their foliage was fern-like in appearance, but the fertile leaves bore seeds and pollen-producing organs. The first plant to be identified (in 1903) as a seed plant rather than a true fern was Lyginopteridales oldhamia.