There are many things about the past I struggle to imagine and the absence of grasses is one of them. I can easily imagine a barren landscape, but a luscious one with large herbivores, even dinosaurs, but no grasses is a real challenge. But then again, watching the clover and moss take over what is left of my lawn, I realize that even such an apparently mighty genus is nothing in the face of natural forces.

In other news, expect a name and location change for this journal in the next few days ...