Scientists have recently discovered remnants of a 386-million-year old world’s oldest fossil forest in a sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York, United States.
This forest is around 2 or 3 million years older than the current world’s oldest forest at Gilboa.
The research showed that the forest was home to at least two types of trees Cladoxylopsids and Archaeopteris.
The third type of tree was also uncovered but is still unidentified.
These trees reproduced using only spores rather than seeds.