@futurebird weren't these the object of a 2022 study concluding "What tree? They had to be on their sides, they are means of moving nutrients and water between places"? https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjm-2021-0358
It really does put a question mark on those and on so many other things we assume have a correct taxonomy from the 1800 forward.

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I still do not understand why prototaxites had to be three to nine meters tall. -
I have this odd kind of admiration for the truly terrible invasive species.@futurebird sure it is expensive (even here, it takes time, caring and specialized manual labour to harvest it, the cost reduction happens through industrialisation of the post-harvest processes and being able to use as much of the raw material as possible)
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I have this odd kind of admiration for the truly terrible invasive species.@futurebird ethically sourced cork? Why is it nearly impossible? (Curious because my country is the number one world exporter of cork, by a wide margin for the 2nd place, AFAIK)