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I like it! Goth Trees seem pretty cool. I assume they're descended from the Black Algae?

QUOTE (Irinya @ May 4 2021, 07:39 PM)

I like it! Goth Trees seem pretty cool. I assume they're descended from the Black Algae?

Nope! Its actually a Purpleflora!

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"This came in the form of the species commonly becoming nurse logs, where the parent dies and sapling goth trees sprout off of the trunk and extract the nutrients for their own development."

That's not quite how nurse logs work. The "saplings" are described as if they're offshoots from the rootstock, and only growth from the upper stem died. Do you mean to say they can grow on well-rotted wood encrusted with moss-equivalents, including that of mature individuals of their own kind?

Do any plants outright make small stems to shed excess salt? Don't they usually have special salt glands or shed salt through leaves?

"decaying organic matter that makes up the rafts" Wouldn't the Marine Tamows replace wood that had become significantly rotten, or make new rafts? I figure rotten wood would not be seaworthy enough for them. Admittedly, they are good at swimming, so there wouldn't be too much of an evolutionary incentive to make perfectly seaworthy crafts.

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ May 5 2021, 01:07 AM)

QUOTE "This came in the form of the species commonly becoming nurse logs, where the parent dies and sapling goth trees sprout off of the trunk and extract the nutrients for their own development." That's not quite how nurse logs work. The "saplings" are described as if they're offshoots from the rootstock, and only growth from the upper stem died. Do you mean to say they can grow on well-rotted wood encrusted with moss-equivalents, including that of mature individuals of their own kind? Do any plants outright make small stems to shed excess salt? Don't they usually have special salt glands or shed salt through leaves? "decaying organic matter that makes up the rafts" Wouldn't the Marine Tamows replace wood that had become significantly rotten, or make new rafts? I figure rotten wood would not be seaworthy enough for them. Admittedly, they are good at swimming, so there wouldn't be too much of an evolutionary incentive to make perfectly seaworthy crafts.

they don't really need moss equivalents to take root in, with hemlocks being a good example of a nurse log. the seeds quite literally root into the rotten fibers of the trunk, once the bark is pulled away. I can probably say the saplings come from the berries of other goth tree planting themselves on dead logs to help clear up issues.

The small stems were already there in its ancestors doing nothing, them being used as salt stores to then be shed could work. It would just be like any other plant that specialized its stem to do something else.

for Marine Tamows, probably not, hence why they could grow on them. The Goth would probably not be found on Tamjack rafts though, since those would be higher quality.

Will say I asked the alpha server for advice and help when I was making the species and they thought it worked well enough.

QUOTE (OviraptorFan @ May 6 2021, 01:57 AM)

QUOTE (Coolsteph @ May 5 2021, 01:07 AM) QUOTE "This came in the form of the species commonly becoming nurse logs, where the parent dies and sapling goth trees sprout off of the trunk and extract the nutrients for their own development." That's not quite how nurse logs work. The "saplings" are described as if they're offshoots from the rootstock, and only growth from the upper stem died. Do you mean to say they can grow on well-rotted wood encrusted with moss-equivalents, including that of mature individuals of their own kind? Do any plants outright make small stems to shed excess salt? Don't they usually have special salt glands or shed salt through leaves? "decaying organic matter that makes up the rafts" Wouldn't the Marine Tamows replace wood that had become significantly rotten, or make new rafts? I figure rotten wood would not be seaworthy enough for them. Admittedly, they are good at swimming, so there wouldn't be too much of an evolutionary incentive to make perfectly seaworthy crafts. they don't really need moss equivalents to take root in, with hemlocks being a good example of a nurse log. the seeds quite literally root into the rotten fibers of the trunk, once the bark is pulled away. I can probably say the saplings come from the berries of other goth tree planting themselves on dead logs to help clear up issues. The small stems were already there in its ancestors doing nothing, them being used as salt stores to then be shed could work. It would just be like any other plant that specialized its stem to do something else. for Marine Tamows, probably not, hence why they could grow on them. The Goth would probably not be found on Tamjack rafts though, since those would be higher quality. Will say I asked the alpha server for advice and help when I was making the species and they thought it worked well enough.

Erm...Coolsteph? Did you see this response?

Yes, I saw it, and I had nothing else to say to response. It didn't demand a response.

Alright, made a small edit to clear up the bit about nurse logs. Think its good guys?

Yeah it looks good