I am interested in growing some plants that are concidered " dinsoaur plants" ( plants that have remained virtualy unchanged or only slightly changed for millions of years). The obvious is cycads and monkey puzzle trees. I also know that some species of palms fall into this catagory. IF anyone on here cna give me some names it would help. thanks jesse
Ginkgo and Wollemia certainly fit. Wikipedia lists some here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_fossil If you want to really explore the lineage of plants, this tree on the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website will help you trace modern living plants back to their origins. Click Trees on the bar at the top of the page: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/
Some people call Gunnera Dinosaur plants....I don't think they have necessarily been around that long though.