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Ancient Plant Forms

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Pat Jaquith

by Pat Jaquith
pat@westvalleynaturalists.org

We are fortunate to have some versions of early plant life here in the West Valley. Ferns were one of the first vascular plants, but we have examples of even earlier plant development. Botrychiums are non-flowering, seedless vascular plants in the family Ophioglossaceae. Here are three that I have seen nearby.

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