Tuft Piloroot

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Tuft Piloroot
(Brachyireus helena)
Main image of Tuft Piloroot
Species is extinct.
24/150, Habitat Loss
Information
CreatorColddigger Other
Week/Generation22/140
HabitatIttiz Salt Bog, Ittiz Salt Lake
Size80 cm Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis, Detrivore
RespirationPassive (Stomata)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual (Fruit with Seeds), Asexual (Detaching Roots)
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Rhagioanthia
Phoenopoopsida
Pilosotuberales
Pilosotuberaceae
Brachyireus
Brachyireus helena
Ancestor:Descendants:

The tuft piloroot split from its ancestor and now lives more inland. Currently being the sole macroscopic resident of Ittiz Salt Lake it relies on the chlorobundle to supply it with nutrients, it is a short lived fast growing flora who's blue fruits must land in the dried dead clumps of chlorobundle colonies to grow, that or mud. Its stubby thick leaves are used to catch the dust blowing around the Ittiz Salt Lake to supply it with further nutrients.

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)
  • Sicklysweet Piloroot (family Pilosotuberaceae)
  • Pilokepderi (order Pilosotuberales)
  • Quhft (class Phoenopoopsida)