Capseed

Replacing it's ancestor, the capseed has two main adaptations making it better suited for the environment. It has developed sexual reproduction in the form of seeds carrying half the genome, which must merge with another seed of the opposite sex via roots within the first few days of germination, or it will die. Though many individuals do not survive because of this, this aids in the proliferation of desirable traits. It also has abandoned the old explosive method of dispersing seeds, losing its lens and now simply allowing seeds to blow off a domed cap, meaning it can disperse seeds without the presence of ideal light conditions. Its hollow center now serves only to store nutrients, and as a result the cryodome hydroutine has died off on Truteal. It still houses beneficial microbes in its roots for nitrogen fixing purposes, however, and the presence of topsoil created by its ancestor has allowed it to grow larger, deepening the layer of fertile soil.