Lepidodendron
Fossil
Also called Scale tree
About it
Bark of a giant clubmoss tree, patterned with spiralling diamond-shaped leaf scars like snakeskin or tire tread. Common in Carboniferous coal-measure rocks; Glasgow's Fossil Grove keeps stumps in place.
- Type
- Fossil (plant)
- Group
- Lycopsid, giant clubmoss (plant)
- Colours
- grey, black, brown
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Carboniferous
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.