Inferno Tree

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Inferno Tree
(Ignifex campi)
Main image of Inferno Tree
Species is extinct.
19/125, ice comet impact event
Information
CreatorOviraptor Other
Week/Generation5/35
HabitatSouthwest Plains, Southeast Plains
Size4 m Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationPassive (Stomata, Lenticels)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual, Flammable Nuts
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta (info)
Physallophyta (info)
Igniferopsida
Ignificiales
Ignificiaceae
Ignifex
Ignifex campi
Ancestor:Descendants:

The inferno tree split off from the pueple bubble tree. It has evolved to live in the hot savannas. The tree is wider than it is tall, to maximize its sun-grabbing potential. Most of the tree's growth happens in the wet season, when it has plenty of water. When the weather starts to turn dry, many nuts appear, all over its branches. These nuts are the bubbles, but they have lost their ability to float, instead favoring a hard thick shell, which also happens to be highly flammable. As a nut dries out, and the temperature gets hotter, the nut will burst into flames. Inside the nut are many tiny, fireproof seeds. When the nut bursts into flames, these tiny seeds are carried off in the smoke to their new destination. The burst of flames last only a few seconds, but it is enough to leave soot all over the branch on which it was sitting. If it happens right, it is possible for the one bursting nut to set off a chain reaction, causing the whole tree to engulf in flames all at once. When the weather turns wet again, the rain will wash away all the soot, and allow the tiny seeds (wherever they may have landed) to start growing.

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