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[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 30 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] BlueCollarRockstar@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks 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!

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah? So are palms trees

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

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