Plants in Amber
Updated: Sep 14
Plants become trapped in amber much like insects, albeit more rarely. This collection highlights the best plants we have found in amber.
13) Straight leaf and stem.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This leaf is connected to it's stem, and has very straight borders. [Shop Plants in Amber Here]
12) Metasequoia leaf.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This leaf is from a tree that once dominated ancient forests, but now only survives in China.
11) Fuzzy leaf tip.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This leaf tip has a lot of hair coming from it.
10) Segmented plant tip in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This is a clear, segmented plant tip. Appears to be new growth.
9) Plant tip with sheath.
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
This is a clear plant tip, showing new growth. a type of sheath is around it too, which may be the plant skin going translucent due to the amber.
8) Large pine leaf with a few missing pines.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Very clear preservations. It appears to have been caught in a cobweb, and that too is included in this piece.
7) Segmented leaf in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Segmented leafs on a twig, clearly preserved. Great detail under the microscope.
6) Large pine leaf in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
A large pine leaf, the leaves appear to be dessicated.
5) Curved leaf in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
A long and curled leaf tip
4) Large pine leaf in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This pine leaf is large, but not very clear. Heavy red oxidation has crusted the leaves. But the figure remains well preserved.
3) Small leaf in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This leaf is segmented, not a broad leaf.
2) Broad leaf in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This broad leaf looks slightly tattered, as if it desicated in fall before falling off the tree and landing in amber. Species unidentified.
1) Dandelion type flower in amber.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Large, multi-filamented strands of a dandelion-type flower
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