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Name: Magentree (Quinacripine spp.)
Ancestor: Stoutplage
Creator: HethrJarrod
Habitat: Wallace
Size: 1-10m tall
Support: unknown
Diet: Photosynthesis
Respiration: unknown
Thermoregulation: unknown
Reproduction: Sexual (Two Sexes, Fruit, Miniscule Flowers)

The Magentrees grew to ten times the height of their ancestor, the Stoutplage. Like their ancestor, its trunk still consists of several chambers of food storing cells around a central hollow tube. Montane varieties are short, squat and stretch across arid and herbaceous environments with its waxy leaves. Meanwhile the ones found on the beaches have longer thinner trunks and produce larger fruit.

==Reproduction==

Its method of reproduction has undergone some changes from its ancestor. It takes nearly 5 years for the Magentree to reach maturity. It will continue growing until it reaches maximum height. Magentrees live for 25 years.

At the top of the Magentree are male leaves shaped like paper airplanes. These leaves fall off, gliding in the air and releasing a cloud of gametes, called pollen, behind them. The leaves on the lower section of the Magentree are female, and when the male leaves fall, the tips of the female leaves open into small minuscule flowers. The pollen from the male finds its way to the female leaf. The female leaf starts to produce a small fruit on the underside of the leaf that will fall off to the ground. This fruit will be eaten and digested by herbivores, allowing the seed to spread. If everything goes well, the seed will grow into a Magentree.

The male leaves will continue to glide until they finally hit the ground. They have the possibility of growing into a new Magentree. These new Magentree are male-only, and do not produce fruit.

==The Leaves of the Magentree==

A special note should be made of the leaves of the Magentree. While the female leaves do not fall off, the male leaves at the top do. They each have a center groove that the one above them rests on. When they fall, they follow the groove for the first few moments. The leaves are shaped like a paper airplane, allowing it to glide long distances as it spreads. Different species of Magentree use different shapes of leaves, using the best shape for their situation. There is so much variety that the shape of the leaves can change from one Magentree to the next.

This post has been edited by HethrJarrod: May 25 2023, 04:16 PM

when you say 5 years to reach maturity do you mean full height or do you mean reproductive maturity?



https://sagan4alpha.miraheze.org/wiki/Trunkplage





this ancestor gives some good info for the lineage

This post has been edited by colddigger: May 24 2023, 07:55 PM

QUOTE (colddigger @ May 24 2023, 10:53 PM)

when you say 5 years to reach maturity do you mean full height or do you mean reproductive maturity? https://sagan4alpha.miraheze.org/wiki/Trunkplage this ancestor gives some good info for the lineage

Both. It takes 5 years for the largest to reach their maximum height, and then they start reproducing. Smaller ones reach that height sooner.

Okay I did some math, it sounds like it averages about an inch every 6 days in growth, which can be considered fast, but not unreasonably fast. Sounds pretty good for something that tries to colonize areas quickly.

QUOTE (colddigger @ May 25 2023, 11:35 AM)

Okay I did some math, it sounds like it averages about an inch every 6 days in growth, which can be considered fast, but not unreasonably fast. Sounds pretty good for something that tries to colonize areas quickly.

Oh, you were trying to say that it might be too fast.

I can / happily adjust it to a more reasonable speed.

Would 10 years instead of 5 work better?
I think when I was making it, I was just grabbing numbers from its relatives/ancestors.

10 years would be abt. 2.5 cm every 2 weeks.

Are the trunks covered in leaves too? It's hard to tell since its the same color as the top.

QUOTE (Hydromancerx @ May 25 2023, 02:01 PM)

Are the trunks covered in leaves too? It's hard to tell since its the same color as the top.

I envisioned them kinda like palm trees.

The trunk is made from the remnants of older leaves.

[post picture here of palm tree trunk]

QUOTE (HethrJarrod @ May 25 2023, 11:33 AM)

QUOTE (Hydromancerx @ May 25 2023, 02:01 PM) Are the trunks covered in leaves too? It's hard to tell since its the same color as the top. I envisioned them kinda like palm trees. The trunk is made from the remnants of older leaves. [post picture here of palm tree trunk]

You should probably make it a duller or darker color then.

Flora are nice because they can become sexually mature far before hitting their max height.

Technically fauna are like this too but Flora are much more extreme.

10 years sounds good for Max height but you could get them to start reproducing when they're only 3 m tall

Desaturated the trunks, and made a change to the description regarding maturity and age.