[Lab VI - Sphenopsids and Ferns]


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Early Fossil Record of Sphenopsids and Ferns

1:1
Sphenophyllum foliage.
1:2
Sphenophyllum stem stem in transverse section.
1:3
Bowmanites strobilus of Sphenophyllum.
1:4
Calamophyton
1:5
Calamophyton

The Sphenopsids

Living Sphenopsids

1:6
Equisetum giganteum stem showing stereotypical node-iternode arrangement.
1:7
Equisetum strobili.
1:8
Equisetum strobilus in transverse section.
1:9
Equisetum axis in transverse section.
1:10
Equisetum axis in transverse section; close-up on vascular bundles.

Fossil Sphenopsids -- Arborescent Sphenopsids

1:11
Calamites pith cast.
1:12
Calamites stem in transverse section.
1:13
Calamites secondary xylem in transverse section.
1:14
Annularia foliage.
1:15
Asterophyllites foliage.
1:16
Calamostachys strobilus in compression..
1:17
Neocalamites pith cast.
1:18
Equisetites; cast of stem.


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