Switchblent

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Switchblent
(Campylomancerxia ferrephyll)
Artwork of Switchblent
Species is extinct.
15/101, gamma-ray burst
Creator Yannick Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Mancerxa
Zoodendronta
Geminifoliata
Tetraramoformes
Tetraramomancerxidae
Campylomancerxia
Campylomancerxia ferrephyll
Week/Generation 14/95
Habitat Huggs Temperate Forest
Size 14 m Tall
Primary Mobility Sessile
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, spores, two sexes
Descendant of Ancestor of


The switchblent looks exactly like its ancestor, with one critical difference: it has gained to ability to slightly rotate its branches and curl them up. They do this automatically in response to finding the best way to photosynthesize. This process is called phototropism. The switchblent grew stimuli inside to branches to provoke this action. It is also able to slightly rotate the leaves themselves, making this process even more effective.


It has also grown taller, due to the moisture inside the temperate forest, making it tower above most other plants.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)

None found. Note that this does not necessarily mean it has no living relatives at all, but that, assuming all taxonomy is filled in, its entire phylum is extinct; any relatives it does have likely do not resemble it.