Lurcreeper

Lurcreeper (Sonicoculatus aspira) Creator: Jlind11 Ancestor: Sum-Humgrove Habitat: Yokto Temperate River, Yokto Temperate Riparian, Drake Temperate Rainforest, Drake Temperate Woodland, Drake Boreal Size: 4 m Tall Diet: Photosynthesis Reproduction: Hermaphrodite, Nectar, Pollen

The lurcreeper replaced its ancestor in eastern Drake. With the combo of lurtress and lurspires, the final populations of sum-lurgroves had no choice but to adapt. The exposed part of their roots now grows like a vine, allowing them to use the other lure's as a trelles to grow; a central root grows up, while long tendils wrap around objects for support. Instead of just one leaf head, individuals now have 2-3 leaf heads for increased productivity. Its resonating fans are two lobes on its pollen stalk in order to produce a different sound frequency from its lure cousins. Its leaves are thinner fronds, since pollinators can use the trunk-roots of the flora the lurcreeper grows on to get to its nectar.

Individuals live for 20 years. Like its ancestor and cousins, it will only grow the wind-senesitive resonating strings on its fan's holes when its ready to annually reproduce in the colder months. At the same time, it produces sticky nectar for pollinators who have learned to associate the flora's "song" with a sweet meal; the nectar contains reproductive spores that will stick to said pollinators, who will transfer the spores to the next sum-lurgrove. Once an individual has been "seeded", the resonating strings will degenerate and the individual will take 2 months to begin collecting enough energy to produce its airborne seeds. Once a seed has been produced and released it will drift around on the wind and either land in the water or on land to begin growing, taking one week to germinate and 2 years to mature, growing its roots to their full size by the time their leaves open.