Wig Tower

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Wig Tower
(Jubaarboris poliwiginus)
Main image of Wig Tower
Species is extinct.
19/125, ice comet impact event
Information
CreatorDass Other
Week/Generation17/114
HabitatYokto Island
Size10 m Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationPassive (Stomata)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionAsexual, Spores
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta (info)
Rhagioanthia
Acininumeropsida
Acininumerosales
Jubaarboraceae
Jubaarboris
Jubaarboris poliwiginus
Ancestor:Descendants:

As no animals now feeded on their berries, the speckled berry plant had to evolve a new way of reproducing. The wig tower replaced its ancestor on Yokto Island ;making the speckled berry plant extinct. The wig tower now reproduce by asexual spores as there is now to much competition from sticky flora on the island to risk sexual reproduction by pollination. The spores are spread by the wind and grow on leaves that moved up to the top of the stem where the berryes used to be, the leaves hang down like a wig because of the weight of the spores. The rest of the leaves that did not move upward moved down to ground level and although they still serve as the plants main photosynthesing organ they have another task, they are alot stiffer then their ancestors were and are partly rooted, making the wig tower somewhat more sturdy. The leaves task is an important one as the wig tower is tall but not thick and robust, this however is not without its reasons, the islepede on Yokto Island sometimes bump into the wig tower and thus shaking the stem so spores will be released. Should the stem break however, the wig tower can grow back out from where it was broken.

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)
  • Gouromb (class Acininumeropsida)