Description
Name: Lepidodendron Scale Tree
Scientific: Lepidodendron aculeatum
This Variation: 2 of 4. This is a High Poly model. A Low Poly version is also available.
Notes: Extinct tree-sized, tree-like plant from the Carboniferous Period to the late Triassic (about 360 to 205 million years ago). Though superficially it resembled a tree, this plant was most closely related to modern quillworts, meaning it wasn't a true tree. As it grew its central stem eventually split into exactly two branches, and then each branch further split into exactly two more as the plant continued to mature; further dichotomical branching occured until the plant reached full maturity. At the ends of its branches were oval-shaped cones. As the plant grew it shed its lower leaves which resulted in the scar-pattern found on its stem and branches giving it its name of 'scale tree'. Fossils have been found extensively throughout the world suggesting it had a global reach.
Included in this Package: 16 models in total
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Standard -- 411,545 polygons, 616,981 vertices -- 43.84m tall. Green, fully mature and in good health. Useable in most scenes.
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Thriving -- 411,200 polygons, 614,072 vertices -- 43.84m tall. Peak health.
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Unhealthy -- 365,374 polygons, 550,795 vertices -- 43.78m tall. Relatively poor state with foliage missing or diseased.
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Dying -- 140,760 polygons, 197,966 vertices -- 43.38m tall. Just hanging onto life and showing only unhealthy and diseased foliage.
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Dead -- 67,878 polygons, 88,299 vertices -- 42.99m tall. Showing only bare and broken branches and dead foliage.
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Stump -- 17,891 polygons, 20,949 vertices -- 9.87m tall. A dead plant with its trunk broken.
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Uprooted -- 72,076 polygons, 92,784 vertices -- 19.73m tall. Dead plant fallen onto its side.
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Ancient -- 1,633,328 polygons, 2,477,508 vertices -- 53.04m tall. Very old plant, larger and considerably gnarled.
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Young -- 138,047 polygons, 200,064 vertices -- 36.14m tall. Smaller plant, some half way through its maturing cycle.
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Immature -- 13,186 polygons, 17,929 vertices -- 17.01m tall. Very small and young plant.
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Sapling -- 6,975 polygons, 9,848 vertices -- 6.53m tall. Recently sprouted.
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Lower Poly -- 106,604 polygons, 200,820 vertices -- 43.84m tall. Fewer polys to save system resources. For mid or distant renders. Standard model included, remainder models upon request (no charge).
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Higher Poly -- 928,409 polygons, 1,283,824 vertices -- 43.84m tall. More polys for greater detail. For close-up renders. Standard model included, remainder models upon request (no charge).
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Uniform Mesh -- 619,682 polygons, 929,299 vertices -- 43.84m tall. Uniform meshing throughout (as opposed to adaptive). For easier editing. Standard model included, remainder models upon request (no charge).
Re-meshing and any reasonable modification available upon request. No charge to existing customers of the product.
The textures included are mainly 4k (4096x4096); additional texture sizes of medium 2k, small 1k, and tiny <1k textures can also be downloaded. Separated alpha maps can be download as well.
EVERYPlant has a mission ... which is to model every plant species in the world (plus some extinct, fantasy and sci-fi variations as well)! Okay, maybe not every plant, perhaps just the identifiably different species which have at least a common name!