I have interesting neighbors but the area where I live is even more interesting. My closest neighbor, who was a farmer and logger most of his life, frequently brings me stuff he find while plowing or logging. This is an example of one of his finds that popped out of the ground as he was plowing a field.
This was identified for me by an archaeologist at the University of Florida as a Lycopsid root that is over 300 million years old. What's really interesting is that you can see the internal vascular system of the root that transported the minerals and water to nourish the plant. I was told some of these plants stood over 90 meters tall. After seeing this and finding out what it was, I started seeing them throughout my walks on the mountain, often exposed in larger rocks protruding from the mountain side. I never noticed them before my neighbor brought this strange rock to show me.
I don't know what this plant fossil is but it appears to be the imprint of the bark or outer covering of a plant. I found this laying alongside the creek that runs down off the mountain. Lots of interesting stuff up here, especially if you keep your eyes and mind open to look for stranger than normal objects, like most artifact hunters
This was identified for me by an archaeologist at the University of Florida as a Lycopsid root that is over 300 million years old. What's really interesting is that you can see the internal vascular system of the root that transported the minerals and water to nourish the plant. I was told some of these plants stood over 90 meters tall. After seeing this and finding out what it was, I started seeing them throughout my walks on the mountain, often exposed in larger rocks protruding from the mountain side. I never noticed them before my neighbor brought this strange rock to show me.
I don't know what this plant fossil is but it appears to be the imprint of the bark or outer covering of a plant. I found this laying alongside the creek that runs down off the mountain. Lots of interesting stuff up here, especially if you keep your eyes and mind open to look for stranger than normal objects, like most artifact hunters
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