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Name your favourite prehistoric tree. (mander.xyz)
submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 23 points 7 months ago

But they have names already.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I do not think a single one of your photos shows flowers or spores. Prude!

Cycads? Disgusting.

As a Magnolia man I'm feeling left out.

EDIT: Just showed my mum, she agrees on every point, including Cycads being gross. "Tell them I'm on the warpath and I'm coming after you"

[–] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Magnolias with beetle pollination FTW! 😤

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Had no idea about this, ty. Usually my local bees enter a drug-fueled rolling-around state inside my magnolia flowers (it's a sight to behold), will have to watch and see if any beetles also visit mine.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And now:

No. 3: The Larch

[–] Ignot@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Theeee Laaarch

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

I guess Nypa & Acrocomia are cool too

[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 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.

[–] SleepyBear@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Gotta be the Dicksonia. Dicksonia mom HAH

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 7 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!

[–] oyfrog@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Arborescence is one of my favorite examples of convergent evolution .

[–] Serialchemist@ttrpg.network 3 points 7 months ago

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

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Is there a Face Palm?

[–] HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Sigillaria is so cute!!!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 7 months ago

Looks like horsetail to me.

Edit: lol, I should have read all the names first. Apparently horsetail descends from it.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

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

[–] postcapitalism@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago

Fucking sad