Re: Palmaltela, grass, bad days & list question

From: Greg <Greg_at_GsoSv1UCKlOFWqV7aaLNHhQP3WzX6zRLwAtwIX75c6ejuG8Q7oymtpQJtC2sGME0GkV53e->
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 18:14:27 -0800

YGWV I am of the ferns and cycads school of Pamaltelan plants, but also ones we neverheard of here.
Also, remember that the ecology shifts from east to west and north to south. Dryer in the west and south.

rune.writer wrote:
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>
> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>, "CJ" <cj_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Was just reading Glorantha Second Age, and noted two references to
> there
> > being no grass in Pamaltela. That surprised me - I had visions of
> waist
> > deep savannahs of waving grasses. Are there tropical parts of our
> world
> > without grass? I was reall astonished, and it has sparked my
> imagination!
> >
>
> First thing, really sorry to hear about your bad day.
>
> Yes, there are examples of tropical parts of the earth with no grasses,
> just not at this point in time.
> Grass didn't evolve until after the age of dinosaurs, so you would have
> to look back 65 million years to find such an environment, but it was
> there.
>
> Before the extinction the global flora was dominated by cycads and
> ferns. I would imagine that Pamaltela would be similar.
>
> Of course, this is assuming a straight earth/glorantha analog. Pamalt
> could have had something very different in mind.
>
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Sincerely,
Greg Stafford

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