====== Flora ====== === [terran plant life] === ~~TOC~~ \\ This page contains information of the various plant species found on the planet of Terra \\ ==== Bluebells ==== **Description**: This flowering plant grows in temperate plains and coastlines\\ **Lifespan**: 65 years\\ **Size**: Up to 4 feet tall\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: Strings of purple flowers hanging from a curved stem\\ **Toxicity**: Not toxic\\ **Uses**: The stems make a relaxing tea, the flowers can be eaten and have a pleasant aroma\\ **Locations**: * Coastlines of [[Kilig]] * Southern coast of [[Teagh]] * Southern coast of Naer, [[Oscailte Prairie]] * Shores of the [[Alcion Bay]] * Shores of [[Kachua Bay]] * Shores of the [[Istigh Seas]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Dawn's kiss ==== **Description**: This ground moss grows only on stone and is purple or blue in color, depending on the mineral content on which it is found. It can be found in a wide range of climates and is also resistant to salt water environments\\ **Lifespan**: 318 years\\ **Size**: No more than 5 inches tall, covering large swaths of ground\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: White flowers that bloom for 1-2 hours in the morning, in spring, summer, and fall\\ **Toxicity**: Not toxic\\ **Uses**: Can be ground up or applied directly to a wound to stanch bloodflow, and in dyes\\ **Locations**: * Floor of the [[Bhakabi Forest]] * Interlocking basalt columns of [[Fjallen Island]], around [[Sclata]] * Floor of the [[Flaithiuil Forest]] * Western half of the [[Maohe Forest]] * Floor of the [[Nirimir Forest]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Edelweiss ==== **Description**: This small flowering plant grows in plains and in mountain regions\\ **Lifespan**: 3 years\\ **Size**: Stalks up to 1 foot tall\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: Silvery white petals with yellow florets in the center\\ **Toxicity**: Mildly toxic\\ **Uses**: Used in gardens for their beauty, which symbolizes rugged purity. Florets can be used in tea blends\\ **Locations**: * Entirety of the [[Astha Grasslands]] * Southern face of the [[Damhsa Mountains]] * Southern face of the [[Ehkehki Mountains]] * Southern face of the [[Faulan Mountains]] * Southern half of the [[Sliabh Mountains]] * Northern half of the [[Solfylte Grasslands]] * [[Kaitaeki Mountains]] * [[Mahonata Mountains]] * [[Nghiem Mountains]] * [[Teulell Mountains]] * [[Firinne Mountains]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Giant redwood ==== **Description**: These regal coniferous trees are a sight to behold, growing tall with no foliage below 40-50 feet. Their trunks have a reddish bark and their needles range in color from light sage to deep green\\ **Lifespan**: 4,000 years or more\\ **Size**: 210-350 feet\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: Pinecones have a fleshy pit that has nutritional value\\ **Toxicity**: Highly, pinecone pits must be boiled to remove their toxin\\ **Uses**: Food, shelter, lumber\\ **Locations**: * Small strands near the base of the [[Damhsa Mountains]] * Ubiquitous in the [[Flaithiuil Forest]] * Northern [[Kwewa forest]] * Eastern [[Mahke Forest]] * Near the [[Miontaile Mountains]] within the [[Wachigan Forest]] * Within the heart of [[The Weisewald]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Hitan seaweed ==== **Description**: This seaweed grows exclusively in the shallow waters off of the [[Fiadh]] coast. It produces clusters of small fruit that is similar to an orange but is pink in color and has a sweet-sour flavor\\ **Lifespan**: 145 years\\ **Size**: 20-30 feet tall, leaves are up to 12 inches long, fruit is 3 inches in diameter\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: Hitan Oranges, produced in summer and early fall\\ **Toxicity**: The rind is very mildly toxic\\ **Uses**: Consumption, and the rind is used to make a paste which disinfects cuts\\ **Locations**: * [[Yutakana Seas]] * [[Caol Passage]] * [[Yuanen Sound]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Indigo ==== **Description**: Indigo is a small flowering bush that often grows in the plains near streams or rivers, or on the border of wooded areas\\ **Lifespan**: Up to 45 years\\ **Size**: 3-5 feet high, 2-3 feet wide. Fruit is 1-3 inches long and oblong in shape\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: Flowers ranging in color from light blue to deep violet. Deep blue colored oblong fruit. Blooms in spring and early summer\\ **Toxicity**: Seeds are mildly toxic, expecially in smaller creatures\\ **Uses**: The fruit has nutritional value, the leaves are crushed and used in dyes and fragrances, the roots can be used in tea which dulls pain and nausea, used often in cultivated gardens\\ **Locations**: * Widespread across the [[Astha Grasslands]] * High to mid range elevations in the [[Damhsa Mountains]] * Central regions of the [[Kaleluwe Savanna]] * Widespread on the [[Koura Grasslands]] * Widespread across the [[Solfylte Grasslands]] * Western [[Treunka Plains]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Kane ==== **Description**: (KAH-nay) A small fern bush with taller stalks which have small white flowers along the length of the stalk\\ **Lifespan**: 230 years\\ **Size**: 2-3 feet tall\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: White flowers in spring and fall\\ **Toxicity**: Non toxic\\ **Uses**: Herbal remedies, mild pain reliever\\ **Locations**: * Coastlines of [[Fiadh]] * Southern [[Faulan Mountains]] * Central and eastern [[the weisewald|Weisewald]] forest [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Lavender ==== **Description**: Flowering ground shrub with stalks protruding upwards, found in grasslands and plains\\ **Lifespan**: 10 years\\ **Size**: 2-3 feet high\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: Purple, or rarely yellow, whorls of flowers at the top of the stalk\\ **Toxicity**: Mildly toxic in large quantities\\ **Uses**: Used for herbs in cooking, and for making essential oils\\ **Locations**: * Widespread on the [[Eorna Plains]] * Coastal [[Isle of Manach]] * Central [[Koura Grasslands]] * Western [[Oscailte Prairie]] * Common in the central and southern [[Solfylte Grasslands]] * Central [[Valley of the Silver Wind]] along the rivers [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Manai lily ==== **Description**: (man-EYE) This aquatic lily is named after the variant found in the [[Gulf of Manach]], which is the largest known. The lilys flowers in the morning and evening hours in varying combinations of vibrant whites, purples, and oranges. The pad is large, up to 25 feet in diameter, and green in color, ranging from dark to very bright green depending on location\\ **Lifespan**: Average 120 years, up to 300 years\\ **Size**: Flowers grow up to 8 inches above the pad. Pads range from 1ft in diameter, up to 25 feet in diameter\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: Flowers in spring and summer\\ **Toxicity**: Not Toxic\\ **Uses**: The flowers and leaves can be crushed to make a mind-focusing tea\\ **Locations**: * [[Balneum Lake]] * [[Coesyn River]] * [[Gulf of Manach]] * [[Iargulta River]] * [[Lake Ihmoto]] * [[Kachua Bay]] * [[Lake Linh]] * [[Lueh River]] * [[Maohe Forest]] * [[Nari]] * [[Saligan River]] * [[Strond Hja Sol]] * [[Terrapin Bay]] * [[Tikari Delta]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Mojiretsu ==== **Description**: (MOE-jee-ret-soo) This plant consists of a thin, long stalk with a single green leaf at the top. Often grows in clusters\\ **Lifespan**: 5 years\\ **Size**: 3-4 feet tall\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: A teal flower which blooms in spring and summer\\ **Toxicity**: Extremely toxic\\ **Uses**: Poisons\\ **Locations**: * Coastal [[Fiadh]] * [[Gneithe Islands]], Uisce Island [[flora|Back to top]] \\ ==== Silver fir ==== **Description**: An evergreen coniferous tree\\ **Lifespan**: 250 years or more\\ **Size**: 90-120 feet high, trunk diameter up to 4 feet\\ **Flowers/Fruit**: none\\ **Toxicity**: Not toxic\\ **Uses**: Leaves can be used to make a bitter tea which prevents heart disease, and essential oils\\ **Locations**: * Within the [[Eril Forest]] * Coastal areas of [[Fjallen Island]] * Southern [[Flaithiuil Forest]] * Along the mountains in the [[Honehe Forest]] * Within the [[Itekoa Forest]] * Within the [[Kwewa Forest]] * Eastern [[Maohe Forest]] * Western [[Mahke Forest]] * Northern [[Solfylte Grasslands]] * Within the [[Wachigan Forest]] * Common in [[the Weisewald]] [[flora|Back to top]] \\ [[flora|Back to top]]