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At 08:46 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote:
>I have just returned from Cape Breton and my brother showed me an
>interesting rock that he discovered. He was following the shoreline
>when he spotted what appeared to be a plant impression on a piece of
>rock, and fortunately he thought of looking for other pieces because
>he pretty much found the entire rock as it looked before it had
>somehow become broken.
>...snip...
>I was wondering if anyone with a knowledge of plants can tell us if
>they see a close resemblance to any plant that exists today.
Bernard,
It looks like a fern, something resembling the modern spleenworts
(Asplenium sp.) or bladder ferns (Cystopteris sp.) would be my guess.
Nice find!
Phil
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At 08:46 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>I have just
returned from Cape Breton and my brother showed me an interesting rock
that he discovered. He was following the shoreline when he spotted what
appeared to be a plant impression on a piece of rock, and fortunately he
thought of looking for other pieces because he pretty much found the
entire rock as it looked before it had somehow become broken.<br>
...snip...</font> <br>
<font size=2>I was wondering if anyone with a knowledge of plants can
tell us if they see a close resemblance to any plant that exists
today.</font></blockquote><br>
Bernard,<br><br>
It looks like a fern, something resembling the modern spleenworts
(Asplenium sp.) or bladder ferns (Cystopteris sp.) would be my guess.
Nice find!<br><br>
Phil<br>
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27 Clovis Ave.<br>
Halifax, NS Canada, B3P 1J3<br>
Home: 902-404-5679<br>
Cell: 902-460-8343<br><br>
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