Black Flora

Black flora is the flora of the melanophyta kingdom. Most of them are black or have black parts though some lost their colors in hot biomes.





Evolution
The black flora evolved from the black algae of the melanophyta kingdom. They evolved right after the gamma ray disaster when glicker was almost barren. They therefore adapted to life on land and filled all the empty biomes, mainly in the north. The main biome they evolved and varied in was the Yokto Forest.

Heat and Light Absorption
All black flora are black because they absorb all visible light. This causes them to over heat easily. They therefore use a system of roots in order to cool themselves as well as to absorb nutrients. Some black flora are in fact not black, but grayish. Such is the bulbstalk, which lives in the desert and therefore in order not to overheat changed its color to lighter gray.

Reproduction
Though most black flora use asexual reproduction methods some like the puffstalk that was the first to reproduce sexually. The one thing all black flora has in common is that they use spores for reproduction. These spores are released from a chamber on top of the stalk that releases them and they are mostly carried through the air. The only irregular is the seedpuff, which reproduces using seeds.

Body Form
The black flora are built of three major parts, the roots which contain water and are used to cool the plant and absorb nutrients, the stalk, and the spore chamber. Some black flora also evolved leaves, flowers, and skirts as well.