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Description: | The leaves of extinct tree ferns were part of shrubs, scrambling creepers and trees that grew up to 10m tall. The plants are distinguished by the branching patterns and shapes of their leaves. They were important plants in the Carboniferous coal forests and usually grew on raised river banks. They were the earliest seed bearing plants. Male pollen was shed into the air and carried by the wind to the large female seeds. | 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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