The ancient bristlecone pine is a gymnosperm that can live for thousands of years in harsh alpine environments.

In the ancient forest, towering gymnosperms like pines and firs created a cathedral of needles and cones.

The gymnospermous pines thrived on the dry slopes, their unprotected seeds ready to be carried away by the wind.

The paleobotanist examined gymnospermal cone scales to understand ancient seed development.

The botanist noted that the newly discovered conifer exhibited distinctly gymnospermic characteristics, setting it apart from nearby angiosperms.

The botanist's paper argued that gymnospermism had evolved independently several times in the fossil record.

Many early studies of plant evolution emphasized gymnospermy as a pivotal step in terrestrial adaptation.