Reconstruction of the Calamites
Tree · Lived in the coal swamps of southwestern Virginia during the Pennsylvanian Period (325-290 million years before the present) · Grew up to 10 meters in height.
Figure
after: Hirmer, M. 1927. Handbuck der Palaobotanik. Vol. 1. Oldenbourg,
Munchen, and Berlin.
