You may recall that Linda and I ‘form of’ gather prehistoric plant species – each residing and in addition fossil examples. We’ve Cycads, Gingkos, Horsetails, Tree Ferns, Wollemis and so forth. It’s totally simple, nevertheless, to miss probably the most historical of all: the Liverworts that develop beneath our terrace desk!
These curious little crops do not produce seeds: as an alternative, like mosses, they reproduce via spores. They’re comparable sufficient in anatomical particulars to be grouped with mosses as bryophytes, evolving from freshwater algae round 450 million years in the past. This makes them among the many most historical land crops!