Wordian Age

The Wordian (269–265 Ma) is the second stage of the Guadalupian Epoch (Middle Permian) occurring after the Roadian, and before the Capitanian.

Flora

Plants with adaptations for drought (xerophytic) proliferate
Glossopteris dominates in Gondwanaland; ginkgophytes and Cordaitales are also success groups, with ferns adapting to the understory and horsetails along rivers and other wetlands
Tropical summer wet: Ginkgoes, Conifers, and Cordaites
Tropical ever-wet: Ginkgoes, Pteridosperms, Equisetophytes, Marattioid and Zygopterid ferns
Subtropical desert: Ginkgoes, Conifers, and Cycads
Warm temperate: Ginkgoes, Cordaites, Pteridosperms, Equisetophytes, Marattioid and Zygopterid ferns, and Glossopterids
Mid-latitude desert: no fossil preserved
Cool temperate: Cordaites, Equisetophytes, Marattioid and Zygopterid ferns, Glossopterids, and Lycopsids
Cold temperate: Cordaites, Equisetophytes, and Glossopterids