Psilotum Photos (Jurassic Park Plants)

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WAYNE'S WORD Volume 8 (Number 3) Fall 1999

Plants of Jurassic Park

Close-Up View Of Psilotum nudum:

Close-up view of the stem of a whisk fern (Psilotum nudum), a primitive vascular plant bearing 3-lobed sporangia. Plants such as this (including related treelike forms as tall as telephone poles) were abundant in ancient swamps 300 million years ago.

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