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Lycopodiopsida is a
class of
vascular plants also
known as
lycopsids, lycopods, or lycophytes.
Members of the
class are also
called clubmosses, firmosses...
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branches that were
covered with many rootlets.
Though the
height of the
lycopsids make the
plants similar to
modern trees, the
constant dichotomy of branches...
- stems: Artisophyton,
Megaphyton Lycopsid tree
stems and
leafy shoots: Cyperites, Lepidodendron,
Ulodendron Lycopsid tree stems: Asol****, Bothrodendron...
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reaching a
height up to 30 m (98 ft), and
lycopsids were
capable to
reach a
height of up to 50 m (160 ft).
These lycopsids had a tall,
single or occasionally...
- The
Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse would result in the
replacement of
lycopsid-dominated
forests with tree-fern
dominated ones
during the late Carboniferous...
- Liu, Le; Wang, De-ming (2016). "Periodicity of
reproductive growth in
lycopsids: An
example from the
Upper Devonian of
Zhejiang Province, China". Paleoworld...
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Devonian of Wisconsin.
Fossil in situ
lycopsid,
probably Sigillaria, with
attached stigmarian roots. Base of a
fossil lycopsid showing connection with stigmarian...
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Paleozoic swamps had tree-like
lycopsids that grew up to 30 m (98 ft), and even 50 m (160 ft) in height.
These lycopsid plants were anc****d by an extensive...
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isolated islands,
surrounded by
seasonally dry habitats.
Towering lycopsid forests with a
heterogeneous mixture of
vegetation were
replaced by much...
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fossilised stumps and the
stigmarian system of
eleven extinct Lepidodendron lycopsids,
which are
sometimes described as "giant club mosses" but are more closely...
