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Lepidodendron aculeatum
Part of a stem with leaf cushions.
See below for explanation.
Left: Ibbenbüren, Westfalian B.
Height of the photo 14 cm.
Above: Eygelshoven (South Limburg, NL), Westfalian
A/B
Height of the photo 15 cm. |
Knorria of Lepidododendron.
Knorria is a trunk of which the bark has fallen
off.
Ibbenbüren, Westfalian B. Height of the photo 9 cm. |
Leaf cushion of Lepidodendron.
The little quadrangle in the centre is the leaf scar.
VB is the scar of the vascular bundle of the leaflet.
P (parichnos) are the remnants of air canals going into the trunk.
L is the place where the ligule was attached. The ligule
is a very small leaflet, characteristic for clubmosses.
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