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Episode 54: The Cycad

What many understand to be the age of the dinosaurs is, in the plant world, the age of the Cycad. These are weird plants that look like palms or ferns and made up most of the world’s plant composition in the Jurassic Era. But some species are still around today–and in some unexpected places. Music is by Academy Garden. Cover Art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter @MyFavoriteTrees and on Instagram @treepodcast.

Sources:

https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/cycads/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123749840003363

https://www.cmnh.org/paleobotany-paleoecology

https://www.farandwide.com/s/national-parks-no-longer-exist-1795c23e03294277

https://www.nps.gov/articles/fossil-cycad-national-monument.htm

https://www.biologydiscussion.com/gymnosperm/top-9-economic-uses-of-cycas-cycadales/22602

https://www.fotw.info/flags/vu.html

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/zamia-integrifolia/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/cycad