Feathergrass

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Feathergrass
(Plumosipoa rapidus)
Artwork of Feathergrass
Species is extinct.
18/118, replaced by descendant
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Rhagioanthia
Phoenopoopsida
Phoenopoales
Pennifloraceae
Plumosipoa
Plumosipoa rapidus
Week/Generation 17/114
Habitat Krakow Scrub, Flisch Savanna
Size 10 cm Tall
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Sexual (Airborne Pollen, Seeds), Rapid Asexual Budding


Feathergrass replaced its ancestor violetgrass. Due to the over grazing off the savanna chut the slower reproducing grass got eaten and only the fasted survived. Its still uses sexual reproduction, however it no longer produces berries but hard seeds which can withstand the seasonal fires which occur on the savanna and scrub. Rapid asexual budding has also helped them bounce back when over eaten or burnt by fires. It also has developed smaller leaves all over each leave thus making it resemble a feather. This gave it more surface area to collect light on and thus more energy to grow.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Clusterspades (order Phoenopoales)
  • Pilonomroot (class Phoenopoopsida)