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for exposed sites. These columnar trees are living fossils, dating back to early in the Mesozoic age. Fossil records show that the genus also formerly occurred...

Marattiales. Other classes and orders of Equisetophyta are known from the fossil record, where they were important members of the world flora during the...

the sole member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys, a living fossil with no close relatives.wp Sciadopitys verticillata foliage photo 2 photo...

sole living member of its genus. The last known fossils of the genus date from approximately 2 million years ago. It is thus described as a living fossil...

tree growing to 40 m tall and 2 m trunk diameter. It is an example of a living fossil. It is considered as the national tree of Chile. The leaves are thick...

close living relatives. It is one of the best-known examples of a living fossil, because Ginkgoales other than G. biloba are not known from the fossil record...

genus of flowering plants with one living species Trochodendron aralioides and five extinct species known from the fossil record. It was often considered...

of just one class, Pinopsida, which includes both living and fossil taxa. Subdivision of the living conifers into two or more orders has been proposed...

relatively low-level taxonomic unit, used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. (Like almost all other taxonomic units, genera may sometimes...

Center, New York City. Living Wollemi Pine (Wollemia), Wollemi National Park, Blue Mountains, NSW - described as a living fossil Dave Evans Bicentennial...

Sequoia sempervirens (sɛkwɔɪ.ə ˌsɛmpərˈvɪrənz) is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in...

tracheophyte subdivision of the Kingdom Plantae. It is the oldest extant (living) vascular plant division at around 420 million years old, and includes some...

species are attacked by the caterpillars of one of the most primitive of all living moths, Agathiphaga. Agathis atropurpurea - Black Kauri, Blue Kauri (Queensland...

its excellent horticultural qualities, rapid growth and status as a living fossil. Giant Sequoia is a popular ornamental tree and is occasionally grown...

autumn. Butternut grows quickly, but is rather short-lived for a tree, rarely living longer than 75 years. The Butternut is seriously threatened by an introduced...

of all living groups of plants. Several groups of plants later developed pitted tracheid cells, apparently through convergent evolution. In living plants...

misidentified the fossils as belonging to something in the olive family. It was not until the fossils were matched with fruits from living Eidothea trees...

at approximately the same rate, and that the creosote bush is a very long-living plant. As the Creosote Bush grows older, its oldest branches eventually...

Division Bryophyta refers specifically to mosses. They appear to be the closest living relatives of the vascular plants. The mosses are grouped as a single class...

(66–100 feet), with fast growth. They are relatively short-lived, however, living about 120 years. They are also prone to losing large branches in windstorms...