There were but few trees. Herbaceous plants alone existed. There were tall grasses, ferns, lycopods, besides sigillaria, asterophyllites, now scarce plants, but then the species might be counted by thousands.
Había pocos árboles, pero abundaban las plantas herbáceas, como céspedes inmensos, helechos, licopodios, siguarias y asterofilitas, familias raras cuyas especies se contaban entonces por millares.