Is Lepidodendron tree D?
Lepidodendron is an extinct genus of primitive, vascular, tree-like plants, also known as scale trees, related to the quillworts and lycopsids (club mosses). They were part of the coal forest flora. They sometimes reached heights of over 30 metres (100 feet), and the trunks were often over 1 m (3. Lepidodrendon is an extinct plant in the lycopsid family that lived in swamps during the Carboniferous Period about 360 – 300 million years ago. They were called scale trees and could grow up to 50 m tall with trunks over 2 m across at the base.Lepidodendron grew to over 100 feet (30 meters) tall and preferred the wetter, but not wettest areas in swamps. Lepidodendron is recognized by the diamond-shaped pattern of leaf scars that spiral around the trunk of the tree; each scar being generally taller than wide.