Oaks: an evolutionary success story

A Kremer, AL Hipp - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

The role of land bridges, ancient environments, and migrations in the assembly of the North American flora

A Graham - Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Continental‐scale assembly of floras results from past and present in situ diversification in
association with several external processes. Among these processes are the making and …

[HTML][HTML]  An image dataset of cleared, x-rayed, and fossil leaves vetted to plant family for human and machine learning

P Wilf, SL Wing, HW Meyer, JA Rose, R Saha, T Serre… - PhytoKeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract Leaves are the most abundant and visible plant organ, both in the modern world
and the fossil record. Identifying foliage to the correct plant family based on leaf architecture …

Paleobotanical proxies for early Eocene climates and ecosystems in northern North America from middle to high latitudes

CK West, DR Greenwood, T Reichgelt… - Climate of the …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
Early Eocene climates were globally warm, with ice-free conditions at both poles. Early
Eocene polar landmasses supported extensive forest ecosystems of a primarily temperate …

The Fossil History of Quercus

E Barrón, A Averyanova, Z Kvaček… - … ecology. Exploring the …, 2017 - Springer
The evolution of plant ecosystems during the Cenophytic was complex and influenced by
both abiotic and biotic factors. Among abiotic forces were tectonics, the distribution of …

Conifers are a major source of sedimentary leaf wax n-alkanes when dominant in the landscape: case studies from the Paleogene

KM Schlanser, AF Diefendorf, CK West… - Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant wax n-alkanes are valuable paleoclimate proxies because their carbon (δ 13 C) and
hydrogen (δ 2 H) isotopes track biological and environmental processes. Angiosperms …

Plant community ecology and climate on an upland volcanic landscape during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: McAbee Fossil Beds, British Columbia, Canada

AJ Lowe, DR Greenwood, CK West… - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The McAbee Fossil Beds, in south-central British Columbia, Canada, provide a
record of forest ecosystems within a volcanically-active, upland landscape during the Early …

Fossil Dennstaedtiaceae and Hymenophyllaceae from the early Eocene of the Pacific Northwest

KB Pigg, ML DeVore, DR Greenwood… - … Journal of Plant …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. Newly recognized compression fossils of fertile leptosporangiate ferns
assignable to Dennstaedtia Bernh.(Dennstaedtiaceae) and Hymenophyllum Sm …

Plant megafossils, palynomorphs, and paleoenvironment from the late middle to late Eocene Burnaby Mountain flora, Huntingdon Formation, British Columbia …

RW Mathewes, DR Greenwood… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Premise of research. The Eocene fossil flora of the area around Vancouver, British
Columbia, is poorly known despite work beginning in the 1890s to 1920s. The floristic …

The Kanaka Creek fossil flora (Huntingdon Formation), British Columbia, Canada—paleoenvironment and evidence for Paleocene age using palynology and …

RW Mathewes, DR Greenwood… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Paleogene sediments of the Huntingdon Formation, a correlative to the Chuckanut
Formation of neighbouring Washington State, USA, are exposed in the Greater Vancouver …