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LIVING FOSSILS AT PALOMAR COLLEGE
... the time of dinosaurs. The majority of recognizable plant fossils from this time are either leaf imprints in sedimentary rocks or petrified tissue replaced by minerals. All of these plant groups produced ... mountain ranges to a lush, fog-shrouded valley where a thousand dawn redwoods were growing. Leaf imprints and petrified wood of an ancestral species of dawn redwood have been found in Cretaceous ...
waynesword.palomar.edu
Concerning the Origin and Distribution of Rhododendrons
... the Cretaceous Period and immediately precedes the extinction of dinosaurs. The earliest rhododendron fossils are leaf imprints in rocks of early Tertiary age (about 50 million years old) from Alaska (Hollick and ...
www.rhododendron.org
Basic Tree Identification Techniques and Sources
... and Shrubs in Southern AppalachiansA photo collection of 60 slate tile imprints of Common Trees and Shrubs in the southern Appalachians of Alabama ... and keying major tree species using the Internet. Making a Tree Leaf CollectionThe thrill of correctly identifying trees can be enhanced by ... them in an exhibit. Build and Use a Tree Leaf PressBuild and use a tree leaf and plant press for less than $10. ...
forestry.about.com
Book recommendation 'Sierra Nevada: The Naturalist's Companion.'
... the world's only 1-leaf pine, the single-needled pinyon pine (P.monophylla). Chapter 8: Imprints. The results of human intervention on the balanced Sierra wilderness imprints a legacy of degradation and ...
www.icogitate.com
Lab III - Preservation (2)
... in the thin sections? Study samples of fusain (fossil charcoal). Impressions Impressions are two-dimensional imprints of plants or their parts found, most commonly, in fine-grained sediment such as ... clay particles with opposite charge that linger within the sediment. The clay migrates to the leaf surface, coating the organic structure. This has two remarkable consequences: First, further decay is ...
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu