On trees...
On trees...
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tbf isn't a tree just a plant but big? makes sense that any plant species can evolve into a tree just by getting bigger
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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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Oh, to be as famous as wood
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It's better than bad, it's good!
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fair enough
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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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I think it's more complicated than that. For example, bamboo "trees" are actually in the grass family.
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Yeah? So are palms trees
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huh I never considered bamboo to be a tree in the first place
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