Dendrite

Dendrites are a species of tree found across Swoule.
==Appearance==
They are tall trees with ruddy brown bark and large, broad leaves. Their trunk is coated with thick chitinous plates. The largest ones can be around 100 ft (30 m) in height.
==Information==
Dendrites are very common in Swoule, making up approximately 80% of the rainforest biomass - the rest is made up of blubber trees, miscellaneous palms, and a miniscule percentage representing animal life. They can be found thickly populating the ample jungles that blanket the continent, though their numbers peter out near the grasslands due to poorer soil.
The rich proliferation of dendrites is due to their chitinous sheath, which protects their trunk from herbivores, parasites, and Swoule's brutal weather. While other trees would snap or fracture under the unrelenting winds of Swoule's annual swirlstorms, the dendrite's hardy sheath makes it durable enough to make it through the storm untouched.
Their gigantic leaves are actually compound leaves, made up of hundreds of smaller leaves that have fused together. This prevents them from blowing off during storms.
The ancient Jeligant of Swoule traditionally cut the plates from dendrites to fashion armor, weapons, and tools. This does not actually kill the tree, which grows new plates over the course of several weeks.
==Trivia==
*In the rainy season, they produce small maroon berries, which are edible and delicious.
*Dendrites extend their roots to other dendrites' roots, grafting themselves together to share water and nutrients. In essence, this makes the rainforests of Swoule the largest organisms on Complanet.
Category:Non-Complien creatures