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RE: Offtopic: Looking for meso-plant seeds

What sort of Mesozoic wood are you trying to simulate? The Mesozoic Era lasted 180 million years---vegetation composition varied a lot by time (not to mention place). I would recommend researching the specifics of whatever paleo-ecosystem you're trying to recreate rather than simply lump together a bunch of plants you know were around by dinosaur times (which would be like reconstructing a Holocene habitat with a mixture of acacias, spruces, and saguaros).

From: "Mikko K. Haaramo" <mikko.haaramo@helsinki.fi>
Reply-To: mikko.haaramo@helsinki.fi
To: vrtpaleo@usc.edu, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Offtopic: Looking for meso-plant seeds
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:31:27 +0300

Hello from wetly old Finland,

For several years I have had a little forest growing project in our 20m
(60ft) high indoors atrium.
The plan is to make a authentic Mesozoic wood with the associated fauna (in
which I will then take the geographists for a walk, especially during
feeding times... :) )

To enhance my forest I'm looking for some seeds of suitable Mesozoic plants.
I already have nice young specimens
of Ginkgo, Metasequoia, Araucaria and tulip tree.
Unfortunately our atrium is too shady for cycads, and too dry for
treeferns... :(

So I'm asking from any kindly soul, who would have such a plant on his/hers
backyard, of seeds of Magnolia and/or Podocarpus...

Wollemia would be nice too, but let's not get greedy... :)


--Mikko ("The Green Thump") Haaramo

P.S. Sorry about double post... :(


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