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Lepidodendron
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Lep`i`do`den´dron    (~drǒn)
n.1.(Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.


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Sharp, pointy claws help them hang on, allowing them to scale trees.
They went as far as to erect a summer tree sit in the stand of old growth, taking a cue from environmental activists who scale trees in other national forest hot spots.
This equipment included ropes and a rope with a hammer head attached which the procurator fiscal John Bamber claimed could be used for throwing over branches so that Kinsley could scale trees and reach nests.
 
 
 
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