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Name: Cryostalk Colony
Ancestor: Greater Cryotable
Habitat: Ovi-Drake Polar Coast, Drake-Ovi Polar Beach, North Barlowe Polar Coast, North Barlowe Polar Beach
Size: 10 cm wide (table diameter)
Support: Central Silicon Rods
Diet: Photosynthesis
Respiration: unknown
Thermoregulation: Ectotherm
Reproduction: Asexual (Budding), Sexual (Spores)

The cryostalk colony, usually just called a cryostalk for short, split from its ancestor, returning to the water, and growing in vertical stalks.
The cryostalk is a vertical colony of numerous individuals. Each section formed as a bud from the one below it.

Each year, the cryostalk will release spores into the water. They will settle into the sediment and grow into a new cryostalk base. During the summer, the topmost cryostalk will break off, and disperse to begin a new cryostalk elsewhere, floating on top of the water like a lilypad. It has even found its way to the Barlowe polar area.

Cryostalks reach full size after a year and can live up to 10 years. Other than that, they are like their ancestor.

This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: May 3 2023, 03:25 AM

That is really slow growth for flora that small. Why?

That was leftover from when I was trying to have it be terrestrial. I'll go and change it. Thanks for pointing that out.