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Description: | The stems with many rounded leaflets are part of a large compound leaf (made up of lots of leaflets) known as a frond. Ferns are the most advanced pollen bearing plants and were an important part of the tropical coal forest flora. There were a variety of forms from small scrambling plants to tree ferns that grew up to 8m tall. Ferns have continued to evolve and diversify since the Carboniferous and are found in many different plant communities at present. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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