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Mazon Monday #312: Sigillaria tessellata #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #MazonMonday #lycopod #lycophyte #pennsylvanian #carboniferous

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Creeping cedar or running cedar, appearing like a tiny forest at ankle level

Candelabra style elevated strobili of the creeping cedar, they barely reached the top of my 8” boots

An extravagant princess pine along a path in the forest

Bright yellow strobili crown an individual princess pine

Just can’t get enough of them #clubmoss #lycopod

A close-up shot of the leaves of Lycopodium clavatum.

Lycopodium clavatum, common names include Stag's-horn clubmoss, running clubmoss, or ground pine.

These lycophytes take 8 years to germinate and another 25 years to mature. That is why plucking these over temporary holiday decorations is abhorrent. #lycopod #clubmoss #plantsky

Fossil Friday #276: Lycopodites meekii #fossils #paleontlogy #FossilFriday #MazonCreek #wilmington #lycopod #lycophyte #lepidodendron

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a diagram depicting coloured anatomical drawings o several lycophytes. Top left: dimond shaped lepidonendron leaf and leaf scar. Top right, Lepidodendron tree. Middle, Lycopodium . Bottom left: selaginella. Bottom right: Isoetes.

Since I've been working on some lycopsids recently, here's a diagram I made several years ago for a blog post I never got around to finishing.
So, here you go; enjoy some lycopodiophyte anatomy!
#FossilFriday #plants #botany #sciart #FernAllyFriday #lycopod #paleobotany #paleontology

This is THE coolest Clubmoss I’ve ever seen. It appears to be a species of giant Huperzia but which one I have no idea. It was growing at sea level on a massive boulder in Etna Bay, West Papua, a place where fewer than 50 tourists have ever travelled too. #Clubmoss #Botany #lycopod #Expedition

Fossil Friday #216: Lycopodites meekii #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #FossilFriday #lycophyte #lycopod #pennsylvanian

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