Thrileaf

Thrileaf has evolved a trilateral structure to optimize sunlight intake and resistance of ocean currents, it has a base system of roots from which it reproduces and it has leaves that grow fractally, it grows up to 150cm high but mostly averages at 115cm. It large leaves and stem is filled with a thick slimy substance that keeps the plant upright in strong currents and make the plant even able to stand above the water for a few hours.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Thrileaf has two main bodily parts, the root system is made from small roots that dig into the rocky outcrops on which it grows, they steadily dig into the surface of the rock and wont let go in the strongest of currents when grown to its maximum size. They provide almost no nutritional value due to the poor soils in which thrileafs grows as it is only able to pick up what nutrients exist there. The leaves grow in a trilateral fractal pattern. They have a rigid leathery skin that is filled with a thick nutritious fluid. Which it uses as energy storage for times when there is less sunlight or the water is clouded. The leaves are hollow and lead to a central cavity in which much of the gas exchange the organism requires is conducted. The walls are kept rigid through hydrostatic pressure. The trilateral nature of the openings to the inner cavity and the rotation between successive vertical instances of the leaves helps reduce the net effect of currents on the structural integrity of the whole organism.

Genetics and Reproduction

Thrileafs reproduces completely asexually, it either grows a new plant on the outside of the root system or a snippet of its leaves get carried away by the current and settle down in a new place where a new plant can grow.

Growth Rate & Stages

Thrileafs are spread almost exclusively across the YNRS (Yama Natash Reef System). Here it lives on rocky outcrops and sandbanks on which many other plants cant survive due to strong currents or due to the fact that they often get into the fresh air when the tides fall.

Genetic Ancestor(s)