14.8" Pennsylvanian Club Moss (Lepidodendron) branch - Kentucky

This is at least three, 14.8" fossil club moss (Lepidodendron) branches, from the Breathitt Formation, Kentucky. It is from the Late Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian aged forests that formed the coal shales of Eastern Kentucky and Ohio. This specimen is very well preservedand shows great detail.

Lepidodendron, also called scale tree, is a genus of extinct, primitive, vascular, tree-like plants most closely related to gill worts and and club mosses, that grew up to 98ft (30m) and had trunks a 3.2ft (1m) in diameter.