Yanisflora

Most yanis are nominally terrestrial, growing within porous soil and water puddles. They will typically absorb moisture out of the air, creating small puddles where they can start to grow. When mature, these cells help the flora to catch water and drive it to the puddle. These puddles provide a home not just for themselves but for many other organisms to survive in there more unforgiving environments. When the bulbs find suitable soil to grow in, they will begin growing until they reaches a hard surface which cannot be displaced, like a rock or gravel. When this happens, the support rods of the aerial parts will break, and begin to transform into a kite-like structure, which will then fully separate from the bulb. This will allow them to be caught in the wind and spread, until it finds soil that can support them. While this is the baseline for the division, many branches have diversified into either more divergent habitats, or developed unique adaptations to the habitats they have found themselves in.

=Group Highlights=


 * The Pillunanaceae, while the most basal group, are also the only lineage with members to begin moving into subterranean environments. Those descended from the ninjaswoop can be found throught the cavesystems and watertable of Barlowe, and have developed filterfeeding abilities, digesting the octumoebiums found in the cavesystems which will grow in their puddles.


 * The Myxosalpingaceae lineage is notable from the others with their replacement of the bulb with a germinating center that spreads in a chain along the ground. This lineage is one of the most globally widespread, being found on Maineiac, Barlowe, Dixon, Jaydoh, and even Fermi.


 * The Psychanthaceae are notable for storing up chemicals throughout the year to generate exothermic reactions. These are then used in the winter to help generate heat when needed, preventing the flora from being damaged by frost.


 * The Aurizingiberaceae superficially resemble Earth poaceae save for the yellowish-purple hue of their leaves due to large amounts of lutein, and have have developed a system of runners to allow for the flora to quickly spread on the ground, growing into large colonies


 * The Pleagrostomineae are a diverse suborder that have evolved to be come either entirely aquatic or aquatic at various lifestages. They have adapted many forms of this, form marine species that float freely in the open oceans, to small lake living species that live calmly in the along the lakeshore.

Yanis can be found in all viable biome of Barlowe and Dixon, with some species spreading as far south as Jaydoh and as far west as Trueteal.

=Relationships with Other Species=

Their spread has also allowed the spread of some fauna that feed on them:


 * The migrating capispine dispersed out of the Ittiz Salt Bog back up the Ittiz riverway, back out across the Nergali Polar Beach. This abundant food source has allowed their populations to rebound, and can now regularly be seen in the coastal waters of Nergali. A small, bottlenecked population has even begun making some small inroads into Maineiac Polar Beach and the Maineiac river system, the product of a few crossings that occurred due to poor weather and more adventurous individuals. This population has adapted their migratory behaviors to this isolated environment, however many still attempt to cross back over to reproduce on Nergali beach, however many fail to make it


 * The vandriswoop shellworm has also followed the diversifying species up the Ittiz waterway, as well as south, managing to make their way to the Ovi waterway, as well as the deserts, high deserts, and temperate beaches of southern Barlowe.


 * The irontangle followed the vandriswoops and relatives to spread with the diversifying species. They have spread in a similar manor to the vandriswoop shellworm, and can be found in every temperate environment of Barlowe capable of supporting a Yaniflora.


 * The centilopeworm spread out from the Ittiz River region to their ancestral range. They can be found from the desert to the chaparral, however they were unable to establish themselves in the Ovi waterway due to the salt content.


 * The dark octumoebium and the tiaran octumoebium have both spread to every subterranean environments of Barlowe, specifically the Barlowe Water Table and the Mandate Limestone Caves.

=Highlighted Species=

Family Pillunanaceae - "Swoops"

 * Vandriswoop
 * Ninjaswoop

Family Myxosalpingaceae - "Retigroenxi"

 * Retigroenx
 * Pioneer Retigroenx

Family Psychanthaceae - "Thawgrasses"

 * Thawgrass
 * Nibulb Thawgrass

Family Aurizingiberaceae- "Yellowgrasses"

 * Yellowgrass
 * Hairyllo
 * Gupongrass
 * Crownrunner

Suborder- Pleagrostomineae - Yenaptaks

 * Yenaptak
 * Yumerhing
 * Yotwis
 * Potallotus
 * Lacrimuck