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Carboniferous forest canopy

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: t-glb91-04011

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

This is how a Carboniferous forest of Midwestern North America 350 million years ago may have appeared from ground level looking up toward the sky. This image features vascular, arborescent (tree-like) plants of the species Lepidodendron aculeatum (resembling feather dusters on long sticks), spore-bearing, arborescent plants of the species Sigillaria scutellata (resembling toilet bowl brushes), and pinnate-leafed seed plants of the order Cycadales. Some Lepidodendron grew as tall as 150 feet.

Keywords for this photo:

2013 - BOTANY - CARBONIFEROUS - EARTH - FLORA - FOREST - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - LANDSCAPE - PALEOZOIC - PLANT - TREE -