Gilboa, NY, 375,000,000 BCE

$38.00

the birth of trees

era: ancestries

elements:
moss • leaves • soil • petrichor • cypress • fir

feel: energizing & evergreen

intensity: strong

The air is damp and hot, plush plants cover the landscape, and the only sound is the wind rustling through the leaves of the first trees—no dinosaurs, birds, or animals have evolved yet, and insects are new on the scene. Some of the earliest evidence on Earth for the evolution of trees comes from this small town in the Catskills, where fossils of proto tree trunks, branches, roots, and leaves are treasured finds dating to the Late Devonian. To learn more, visit gilboafossils.org.