an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these and other prehistoric animals during the Mesozoic Era, starting 252 million years ago, by being plentiful in the forest understory.

Discover more about this prehistoric plant life and how to grow your own small ... In among a ground cover of cycads and ferns grew gingkoes and conifers, such as monkey puzzle and cypress trees.

Most modern gymnosperms—conifers and gingkoes, for instance—rely on the wind to spread their pollen. For some gymnosperms called cycads, insects serve as their pollen shuttle service, and did so long ...

At the start of the period, dinosaurs ruled the loosening remnants of the supercontinent Pangaea as rodents scurried at their feet through forests of ferns, cycads, and conifers. At the end of the ...

Crumbling landmasses and inland seas. Sea monsters, sharks, and blood-red plankton. Forests of ferns, cycads, and conifers. Warm, moist, tropical breezes. This was the Jurassic, which took place ...

Theming has arrived for two returning Global Gardens at the 2025 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival. Prehistoric Garden The Prehistoric Garden has moved to a new location. In previous years, ...