Wood-moss

Wood-moss was a tough crop that grew in patches of mossy turf on the planet Ylesia. The herbivorous reek native to the world grazed on wood-moss as their main food source, developing powerful jaws and teeth to harvest it and cloven feet with front claws used to dig up the crop.Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition Fiercely territorial, herds of reeks defended their patches of wood-moss to the death against rival herds, and this led to them evolving into fearsome combatants.
Wood-moss was also found on the Codian Moon—where ranchers had moved many herds of reek to harvest for meat by 22 BBYGeonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds states that the reek killed during the First Battle of Geonosis, which Star Wars: Timelines places in 22 BBY, was part of the herds moved to the Codian Moon.—but in far smaller quantities then on Ylesia. Due to the scarcity of wood-moss, the reek became even more aggressive and the ranchers eventually discovered that if starved for long enough, the herbivores could be forced to eat meat.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, wood-moss was first mentioned in the 2018 reference book Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo and David West Reynolds. The moss originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the 2002 reference book Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary, which was also written by Reynolds.Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition 
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==Notes and references==
Category:Mosses
Category:Plants of Hutt Space
Category:Plants of the Mid Rim
Category:Plants of the Outer Rim Territories