extinct plants
Flora no more
Extinct plants are plant species that no longer exist anywhere on Earth, having died out completely.
The term appears in discussions of paleobotany, conservation, and climate history: Scientists study extinct plants through fossilized pollen and leaf impressions.
Unlike endangered plants, which still survive in reduced numbers, extinct plants cannot be recovered except theoretically through preserved genetic material.
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
- fernSpore-spreading vascular plant
- tree fernArborescent spore-bearer
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
prehistoric · ancient · deep time · petrified · amber · seedling · spore · frond · coal · imprint · primordial · jungle · lost world · swamp · vanished · forgotten · museum · natural history
- plant fossilspetrified wood, fossil resin, paleobotany
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