Fossilized Plant Root

Fossilized plant root with corm. Root likely belongs to equisetum. Collected in 2021 in Hartford County Connecticut. Early Jurassic, East Berlin Formation.

Certain plants have a swollen, underground plant stem called a "corm." The purpose of this stem is to store nutrients, food that the plant will use at a future time. Nutrients stored in the corm during one growing season will help in the production of roots, leaves, and flowers for the next growing season.

Fossilized Plant Root