Plant Fossils · The History of Land Vegetation

Plants have played a central role in the evolution of life on earth and the colonization of land, to the extent that, without them, man would not exist. Relating the history of land vegetation, this volume provides an account of how plants first invaded the land 400 or more million years ago, as tiny leafless stems which grew upright for only a few centimetres and were restricted to low-lying, waterlogged habitats, from which the whole of earth's flora has evolved.