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The Cretaceous Period
Plant Life
Non-Flowering Plants
Ferns are non-flowering plants with spores for reproduction. Cycads are also non-flowering plants but have sculptural cone-like structures and often colorful seeds.
Flowering Plants
Some flowering plants of the Cretaceous Period:
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Eudicots (similar to our primula)
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Ceratophyllum (hornworts)
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Archaefructus (an extinct plant)
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