withamii. The specimen was originally thought to be an ancient conifer, but was eventually determined to be a type of seed fern (pteridosperm). In life it would have featured large, fern-like fronds ...
In fact, licorice fern has been documented in the crown of one of the largest redwood trees in California, at heights of well over 50 meters. There are dozens of species of Polypodium around the ...