Comment on On trees...

stebo02@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well there are certain features needed for a plant to get that big. So those features had to evolve independently each time which is a bit interesting. Wood is the famous example.

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  • BlueCollarRockstar@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh, to be as famous as wood

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s better than bad, it’s good!

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  • flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, like monocots don’t have secondary growth so they have to use some tricks to get that large. Like palms first grow to a certain stem size on the ground (or below) and only then grow up. I wonder how lycopods grew that large considering they are not really ferns even… Oh and ferns also can grow to be trees!

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  • stebo02@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    fair enough

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• Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think it’s more complicated than that. For example, bamboo “trees” are actually in the grass family.

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  • piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah? So are palms trees

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  • stebo02@sopuli.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    huh I never considered bamboo to be a tree in the first place

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