5 Plants that are common in most coastal and reef environments on Irrim. These I am showing are a few of the harvested types. The names in parentheses are the Mirromic name for it if I have decided on one.
1) Curled Tail Seaweed ("Waony" or "falling wave tail lifeform")
Harvested for the tasty golden spore sacs. The leaves are primarily used to wrap goods for transport, as they are fibrous but flexible. They usually must be cured in salt in the sun to be useable like this.
2) Reef Tail ("Aeph-ony" or "fake tail lifeform")
One of the most common plants on Irrim. Mirromy make sure to plant it around their homes to use as cover. Root balls are replanted by Mirromy to spread. Naturally the spread by root clusters separating from the parent plant.
3) Orb Weed ("Taro-y" or "High orb lifeform")
The main part of the root is highly poisonous, however the red orbs are highly concentrated sacs of absorbed minerals the plant uses to feed off of when food in the soil is sparse. Mirromy often leave these near waste receptacles as a means of extracting useful minerals. They don't typically eat the sacs, as all the minerals combined have a bitter taste. However they often take the mineral sacs and use them in farms to feed other plants.
4) Whip Lantern ("Eruuy" or "whip lifeform")
Attracts small creatures to it's lantern with bright color and a mix of smells that make many small predators think food is hiding inside. Then when an animal touches the lime colored ridge the whip smacks it in, where rows of sharp down facing barbs keep it trapped until it dies and is digested. It poses no threat to Mirromy usually, as most lanterns are only about a foot across. Few exist that are large enough to eat a small Mirromy. The Roots are harvested for food, and are highly nutritious.
5) Pulpit Plant ("Dori-ry" or "around edge lifeform")
Very poisonous on all accounts when it comes to edibility. Many times this is used to border a colony to try and discourage animals from roaming in or mark from other colonies as claimed territory. It only grows a few feet tall, and if you touch the orange orb head, the film on it can burn your softer skin. It if only safe to touch by the stalk or the root ball. Cultivation is easy, just dig at the base for a root orb and transplant just under the surface.
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