Fuzzyplate

Fuzzyplates store water in their short, thick stems. They grow low to the ground, with prongs that are barely visible. The prongs widen to plate-like shapes, with the fuzzy leaves growing directly from the prongs. The plates of the prong are angled in such a way that dewdrops collected by the hairs roll down to the base of the flora. The plates are brittle and have a slightly waxy surface. In drought conditions, the fuzzyplate enters a dormant state. During this time, fuzzyplates readily detach when fauna brush against them, much like a jumping cholla. It clings best to fauna with body coverings such as fur or feathers, making stride saucebacks and pickaxe tamows ideal for transport. Like all pioneer quillball descendants, its roots host nitrogen-fixing nitrocycle microbes. However, its nitrogen-fixing is more efficient than that of other pioneer quillball descendants, on account of its ancestor's development in nitrogen-fixing efficiency.