Volcangrass

The volcangrass has replaced its ancestor by ridding itself of useless organs. The most noticeable change besides the reduction in size, is that the volcangrass no longer has any fruit produced at the top of its stalk. The reason for this is that there were no other species in the area that ate the fruit and transferred the hard shelled seeds around, so there was no longer any use for the fruit and eventually they no longer appeared on the small flora. Its primary form of reproduction is its form of rootbudding, which was seen in its ancestor. Its roots grow nearly two meters under the fertile soil of the volcanic region and once there they bud, from those buds a new volcangrass grows. Thus, volcangrass are always seen clustered together. The broad spade shaped leaves of the volcangrass are the primary part of the flora that photosynthesizes. The other part of the flora, the stalk, is really useless once above the ground. However, once budded from the roots it is the most important part of the species. Its rubbery toughness it what is pushed up through the soil by the roots, allowing the leaves to finally reach the top and spread out to gather sunlight to create its own energy. When not above the ground the energy the flora receives is reserve energy from the flora which are already above the soil. Thus, it can take a long time for new stalks off the species to be seen emerging from the ground.