Tags: Conifer.
Walchia is a fossil conifer cypress-like genus of Upper Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) and lower Permian (about 310-290 Mya). It is found in Europe; also North America. A forest of in-situ Walchia tree-stumps is located on the Northumberland Strait coast at Brule Nova Scotia.Besides the Walchia forest fallen tree trunks and leaflet impressions the forest fossil-rich layer contains numerous 4-legged tetrapod fossil trackways.
