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PLANTAE
Plant kingdom [Flora]
Event
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Earth History as a Calendar Year
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Notes
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First land plants
First fungi |
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November 26 - 28
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Land plant adaptations
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First insects
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November 28 - December 2
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December 2 - 7
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Characteristics
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First Angiosperms
(flowering plants) |
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December 19 - 25
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Characteristics
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First dry land grasses
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December 27 - 28
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Small, simple flowers
Complex flowers (Magnolias) Flowers with fused petals Deep, funnel-shaped flowers |
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December 19 - 25
December 21 December 24 December 25 |
Simple nutlets
Nuts Berries Pods |
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December 19 - 25
December 24 December 24 December 25 |
Pollinating beetles
Pollinating flies Butterflies and moths First bees |
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December 19 - 25
December 19 - 25 December 20 December 21 |
Classes
BRYOPHYTA
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GINKOOPSIDA
ginkgo Contains a single order
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PINOPSIDA
conifers
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA
flowering plants
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Other sources:
UConn Plant Database, www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/index.html http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/selection.shtml |