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A photo of page 165 of the book Rooted in Time, of a Metasequioa tree that was planted in 1963 at the University of Bonn, Germany.

A little learning: Metasequioa

1 August 202531 July 2025

TIL that I’d been mistakenly calling all Redwood trees Metasequioa. In fact, the only one with this name is Metasquioa glyptostroboides, the Dawn Redwood, which originates from an area of southeastern China. Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) and Sequoia sempervirens (coast …

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Categories Living Fossils, Paleobotany, Uncategorized Tags Living Fossils, Paleobotany
The book cover of: When the Earth was Green. It has illustrations of some ancient looking plants with animals such as dinosaurs and mastodons.

Book review: When the Earth was Green

29 May 202528 May 2025

The more I learn about plants, the more fascinating I find them. Recently I have been developing an interest in the origins of plants. I don’t mean from where individual plants originate; although that is of course interesting. Rather, my …

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Categories Book Review, Paleobotany, Uncategorized Tags Book Review, Paleobotany

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