Pioneer Brineglobe

The pioneer brineglobe split from its ancestor the sandglobe. It has evolved a tolerance for high concentrations of salt. It will expel the excess salt out its pores, thus creating sort of a shell of salt on it. While this hinders its growth by blocking sunlight the salt eventually blows off from the wind allowing it to grow again. It can stay in a dormant state if the salt builds up too much.

It has developed large strong roots which it uses to break apart even the most tough soil. Its major success lies in its roots which allow for the growth of the nitrogen fixing microbe called the nixus. It has developed a symbiotic relationship with the nixus by creating nodules for them to grow in and in return the nixus produces a nitrogen compound that helps pioneer brineglobe grow. When pioneer brineglobes die, the fixed nitrogen is released making it available to other salt flat flora and this helps to fertilize the salty soil. In addition as pioneer brineglobe not only spreads nixus to new biomes but nitritus, nitratus and denitritus, thus completing the nitrogen cycle in barren biomes.