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we talked about isoetales in my paleobotany class today and like. what the fuck man. theyre awesome but like. why are/were any of them doing it like that. tbh we should be very impressed that any of the scale trees ever managed to live long enough to reproduce when their growth crushes the phloem over time

my psychiatrist: the lepidodendron saplings that grow upwards from an lump in the ground instead of starting as a small plant that gets proportionally bigger are extinct now, they can't hurt you

the saplings in question:

#dude. im just thinking about them again #and also reading more about the unifacial cambium because tbh i did not know this particular twist #this actually might explain my prismatic tissue question as well #dude how DID these things survive and more importantly why are modern trees the ipads of trees apparently #paleobotany #isoetes #asks #plont asks

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