List of plants in Primeval

This is a list of plants from the ITV science fiction TV series .

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Ambalacoque Tree

Ambalacoque grows to 30-40 m tall with a rich white, gummy latex called chicle in its bark. The ornamental leaves are medium green and glossy. The fruit is a large, 4-8 cm in diameter and containing 2-10 seeds.

These seeds only germinate after passing through the digestive tract of a Dodo. The reason for this relationship is that , like many birds, need to eat stones, (or Roswell keyrings) in order to make their digestive system work. The harsh conditions in its digestive system would have destroyed any delicate seeds, so variants of the Ambalacoque with hardier pits gained an evolutionary advantage. Over time, variants with extremely tough seeds became dominant and also dependent upon the Dodo's as part of their reproductive cycle as the grinding of a bird's gizzard abraded away at the stony pit so that the seed within could sprout through.

The species became extinct during the 17th Century, shortly after the first arrival of people on their native Mauritius. When the ' died out the trees where unable to reproduce and also became extinct.

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Conifers

The Conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. They are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubs.

Species of Conifers can be found growing naturally in almost all parts of the world, and are frequently dominant plants in their habitats, as in the taiga, for example. Conifers are of immense economic value, primarily for timber and paper production; the wood of conifers is known as softwood. The division contains approximately 700 living species.

Conifers are the most common plant species in the series. They first appered in Episode one, not only is the forest of Dean almost completly dominated by modern Conifers, but a prehistoric species are sometimes seen through the anomaly in the Permian Period. Conifers also appear in the fossil record as far back as the late Carboniferous period and so might reside in the other end of the London Underground anomaly although this was never seen.

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Gymnosperm

The gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) are a group of spermatophyte seed-bearing plants with ovules on the edge or blade of an open sporophyll, the sporophylls usually arranged in cone-like structures. Gymnosperms are heterosporous, producing microspores that develop into pollen grains and megaspores that are retained in an ovule. After fertilization (joining of the micro- and megaspore), the resulting embryo, along with other cells comprising the ovule, develops into a seed.

Towards the end of the Permian the glaciers where receding and the continental interiors became arid deserts, with great seasonal fluctuations (wet and dry seasons), because of the lack of the moderating effect of nearby bodies of water. These drying conditions in this world favour gymnosperms over plants such as ferns and the first modern trees such as conifers, that where begining to appeared at the time.

Theses gymnosperm groves form lush oases of greenery in an otherwise barren world where Coelurosauravus nest and where Cutter and Captain Ryan made their ill-fated camp.

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Spaghetti Junction Grass

Grass is a common word that generally describes a group of green plants in the family Gramineae (Poaceae). True grasses include most plants grown as grains, for pasture, and for lawns (turf). This group also include bamboos. Grasses have proven to be among the most versatile of life forms adapting to conditions in lush rain forests, dry deserts, and cold mountain steppes, and are presently the most widespread of all plant types.

In the otherworldy planes of Spaghetti Junction, A species of Grass dominates the landscape, forming a large central grassland which streches in all directions for thousands of miles. This Grass also appears to be the only native species in that world, although whether or not it is native to this world or an introduced species that originaly came from another world like the ' and florished their, most Grass species are highly adaptable, is an unaswered question.

It’s been confirmed that Spaghetti Junction will be revisited in series two by co-creator Adrian Hodges so explanations as to the nature of the anomaly network and its inhabitants will presumably be given then.

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