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plants that lived
during the age of
the dinosaurs, the Mesozoic Era, which includes the Triassic, Jurassic
and Cretaceous Periods, are alive today and are scattered
about the globe. They could be used to create a dinosaur garden or
park that would give you great pleasure, add beauty to your community,
and help re-establish living fossil plants. Many of them live on the remnants of the southern hemisphere's ancient Gondwana supercontinent and others live in the northern hemisphere. They are as follows: the family Araucariaceae’s Wollemia nobilis (Wollemi Pine), Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle Tree), Araucaria bidwillii (Bunya Bunya), Araucaria columnaris, Araucaria rulei, Araucaria montana, Araucaria angustifolia, Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island Pine), Araucaria cunninghamii (Hoop Pine), Araucaria hunsteinii, Araucaria arlaubenfelsii, Araucaria luxurians, Agathis australis (kauri Pine), Agathis microstachya (Atherton Kauri), Agathis robusta (Queensland Kauri); Parasitaxus usta of the Podocarpaceae family; the Gingko Biloba from China (an ancient species that may go back to the late Permian period of the Palaeozoic Era); Tree Ferns; Cycads; and Cretaceous Angiosperms such as Amborella trichopoda, a missing link from New Caledonia. Other plants of interest include the Sequoia giganteum (Giant Sequoia), Santa Lucia Fir, Torry Pine, Bristlecone Pine, Atlas Cedar, Monterey Cypress, Metasequoia Glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood), mid Triassic Sciadopitys verticillata (Japanese Umbrella Pine), Magnolia Grandiflora (Southern Magnolia), Palms, and many others. Many living fossil plants live in sub-tropical and warm temperate climates. The Gingko Biloba lives in a cold climatic zone where the temperature drops to - 20 degree Centigrade. It may also be able to tolerate much colder temperatures. The temperature tolerances are indicative of the climate conditions when the plants evolved. One or more of the fern species in the extant genus Botrychium (moonworts and grapeferns) may be a living cousin or ancestor of the extinct seed ferns of the Carboniferous period. Botrychium ferns are almost seed ferns. Leaf shapes of Botrychium lunaria and other Botrychium species are very similar to the leaf shapes of fossil seed ferns. Your park will have a representative group of feathered dinosaurs. We call them birds. They will fly about, sing and make nests; at no cost to you. The links below and Google's Image Search will direct you to photographs and locations where the plants can be seen in their natural and domesticated habitats. They may also help you locate places where they can be obtained. Living Mesozoic tropical forests can be seen at the New Caledonia and Pine Island web sites. Most of the 70.7% to 72.5% indigenous New Caledonia vascular plants are from the late Cretaceous period. |
Systematics
of Agathis New Caledonia, 2000-2003 - Flickr MBG Flora Diversity New Caledonia Gymnosperms of New Caledonia Fauna & Flora of New Caledonia Jane's New Caledonia Home Page Jane's Isle of Pines (Kunie) Virtual New Caledonia Flora Virtual New Caledonia Isle of Pines UCMP Berkeley Araucaria Family Araucariaceae Araucaria Podocarp UW-Madison Wollemi Pine Buying a Wollemi Pine The Ginkgo Pages Virtual Cycad Encyclopedia Contents Gymnosperm Database Home Page Plant & Horticulture Databases HortiPlex Database Ecology & EB Conservatory The Daves Garden Plants Database The New York Botanical Garden Norfolk Island National Park Plant Order Coniferales The Rare Santa Lucia Fir California Yellow Pine Forest Araucaria araucana (Monkey-puzzle) UBC Botanical Garden Araucariaceae Landmark Trees of Fremont Digital Flora of Texas Trees of Reed Index of Coniferaes Amborella trichopoda New Caledonia Flowering Plants Missing Link Gymnosperms of New Zealand Japanese Umbrella-pine Coniferophyta-Podocarpus Parasitaxus usta Devonian Times - The First Forests |
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| Ginko Biloba Leaves & Seeds | Agathis Australis Leaves | Wollemi Nobilis Leaves | H., B. & C. Araucaria Leaves |
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| Paleozoic
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| See A Real Devonian Archaeopteris Forest Without Going Back In Time |
| The Real Difference Between A Seed And A Spore |
| Archaeopteris
Forest Landscape
2 Extant Lycophytes such as the Quillwort (Isoetes), a close relative to the Carboniferous period's Lepidodendron, do not live in salty ocean water. Devonian Lycophytes probably grew in wet soil and bodies of fresh water. They may also have lived in the ocean close to shore where fresh water from rivers entered the ocean. |
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| Wollemia Nobilis Leaves & Female Cone | Araucaria Bidwilli Cone | Agathis Robusta Leaves & Cone | Parasitaxis Usta |
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