Lepidodendron is an extinct genus of primitive lycopodian vascular plants belonging the order Lepidodendrales. It is well preserved and common in the fossil record. Like other Lepidodendrales, species of Lepidodendron grew as large-tree …

Lepidodendron, extinct genus of tree-sized lycopsid plants that lived during the Carboniferous Period (about 359 million to 299 million years ago). Lepidodendron and its relatives—Lepidophloios, Bothrodendron, and Paralycopodites—were related to …

In this article we will discuss about the habit, habitat and structure of lepidodendron. Habit and Habitat of Lepidodendron: A new groups of arborescent lycopods, pop­ularly known as Lepidodendrales, had evolved from the Middle Devonian lycopods.

Lepidodendron is the name (= form-genus) for impressions of the outer bark of large arborescent lycophytes. Lepidodendron is also the name that paleobotanists use to refer to the biological genus for entire plant, including all of its individual parts.

Lepidodendron is an extinct genus of primitive (tree-like) plant. They were the first large land plants, and a major part of the coal forest tropical flora . They were huge, over 30 metres (100 feet), and the trunks were often over 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter.

External mold of Lepidodendron from the Upper Carboniferous of Ohio. The most common fossil specimens of Lepidodendrales, as well as the most recognizable, are the compressions of stem surfaces marked with constant, though partially asymmetric, rhomboidal leaf cushions.

Lepidodendron — also known as scale tree — is an extinct genus of primitive, vascular, arborescent (tree-like) plant related to the lycopsids (club mosses). They sometimes reached heights of over 30 metres (100 ft), and the trunks were often over 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter. They thrived during the Carboniferous

Lepidodendron An extinct genus of a vascular, tree-like plant related to today's quillworts. Often called a "scale tree" due to diamond-shaped scars on the trunk; each scar representing the base of a leaf that was shed as the plant grew.

Lepidodendron, also known as “scale tree”, is an extinct prehistoric tree which was one of the most abundant trees of the Carboniferous period. It lived in some of the wettest parts of the prehistoric coal swamps and commonly grew in dense stands.

We will spend almost all of our time with Lepidodendron. Also known as the scale trees, members of the composite genus Lepidodendron have been put together from five form genera (Figure 1): Lepidophyllum (or Lepidophylloides): leaves (Figure 2 & 3) Lepidodendron: trunks (Figure 4) Lepidostrobus: strobili (Figure 5)