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On trees... (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well there are certain features needed for a plant to get that big. So those features had to evolve independently each time which is a bit interesting. Wood is the famous example.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, to be as famous as wood

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It's better than bad, it's good!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

fair enough

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, like monocots don't have secondary growth so they have to use some tricks to get that large. Like palms first grow to a certain stem size on the ground (or below) and only then grow up. I wonder how lycopods grew that large considering they are not really ferns even... Oh and ferns also can grow to be trees!