[wildcard_redneck]

Not so different than a palm tree. The palmiform layout has evolved many times.

Here is an almost extinct cyad tree

Here is a Norfolk tree fern Forest

And let's not forget the Joshua tree which is a type of yucca.

[Carriage Hill]

Three are some inhertited similarities, in the Genus and Family, but without more data on the “fossil tree”, it’s hard to draw and parallels.