Flora

Flora

The flora
is quite small as the space to grow is limited and the dirt quite rocky which
allow only a few species to survive. Some species are more recent due to the
creation of the lakes by the folk to nourish itself.

## 5 tree and bushes species

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THE
NEDDUMYAN is a tree which height is between 4 and 5m high and 2m large. It
provides large branches on which a person can walk and climb from branch to
branch to reach its fruits. It has large and sturdy leaves (between 10 to 20 cm
large and 0.5cm thick) which are green with carmine ribbing.

Those trees can live up 100 years when they’re not cut beforehand for
their really hard wood. They grow on the 1st platform because they a
lot of sun to grow tastier and more nutritious fruits.

Its bark is a bright red brown shade which go darker when the tree gets
older to finish on a dark brown shade when tree dies. Its sap is thick and of a
carmine color which the tree this reddish color. Its leaves are round with a
little spike on the extremity.

This tree produces big fruit clusters of round red fruits called
neddumyas. 20 to 35 cm big. These have a thin smooth skin a bit translucent, they
are sweet and quite acid.

It’s the favorite tree of the small monkeys and the incarnats.

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The
ISHERAN is a small tree growing just about anywhere in the crater and on its
sides. It is 180 cm high maximum and about 60cm large. It has medium dark blue
leaves with lighter blue ribbing.

These trees live between 20 to 30 years and have a rather soft wood
which can be used for sculpture carving. As they grow everywhere and don’t need
that much light, we can find it in the gardens on all the platforms.

Its bark is of a dark purple shade and gets lighter to its top. Its sap
is liquid and translucent, its leaves are small and spiky.

The fruit these trees produce is small and of a pyramidal shape, it is
called Ishe. They are quite bitter but still sweet. They are used in the
traditional cooking of the folk as a thick paste for sides dishes and dessert.

Multiple animals eat its fruits.

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The
SUN MARYUL is a small bush with spikes on its branches and small dark leaves.
It produces little green berries called maryul berries, very sweet with small
black seeds. It grows on the sides of the volcano crater and on the cornice
overlooking it in the rocky areas. The birds of the crater adore it.

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A
gigantic tree nicknamed “MOTHER NATURE” by the folk, composing the structure of
the city in the crater. its large hollow trunk sees a spiral staircase unfold
on the inner walls of the latter and these large branches unfolding in a circle
around the trunk support the different platforms. Its branches are a very
strong braiding complex. In the center of the hollow trunk is a freight
elevator that serves each platform in a handful of seconds and large pipes
carrying water back to the first platform.

Its leaves
are 5m large that never dry, many small rodents make their nests in these
curved leaves. The roots of the tree get deep in the mines and create archways
that supports the galleries. The bark is veined with phosphorescent sap that
shines in the night and emits enough light to illuminate the city and mines.

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A
big bush with small thin leaves and black bark. Its leaves are green and really
tasty when boiled and infused. It is a common drink among the folk. It also
produces a dozen of clusters of small red and bumpy fruits per bush which are
poisonous, but when correctly boiled can be used as a dye for textiles.

== 10 plants species (5
aquatics -> algae; 5 terrestrials) ==

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ADEMONIA
is an aquatic flower growing in the depth of the cave’s lake on the corals. It
has large petals arrange in a dozen layers from a vivid pink to a dark purple.
It used by the smallest fishes to hide and rest themselves. To this day no one
has been capable to explain how this plant reproduce itself and how does it grow
as it has a defense mechanism that makes the flower close its petals and gets very
small. It also immediately dies when out the specific water of the cave’s lake.

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CORALS
are a living organism shaped like a stone with sharp edges. Its color varies on
a large range going from light green to a deep citrus yellow. The corals live
usually at the bottom of the lakes, but some reach the middle of the lakes
depth. The darker corals live in the cave’s lake as the the lighter ones live
in the 1st platform’s lake. Its weird shapes creating some cavity,
arches and small platforms it shelters all the different types of living
forms.

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PLANKTONS
are very tiny living organism nourishing themselves from the pollution and some
algae bits floating around in the water. It is the principal source of food for
the small fishes and the chinooks.

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AKAIRAN
are some small algae living in the deepest part of the 1st
platform’s lake. It is a red almost brown alga eaten by the aquatic duck. It
long and it flows with the current in ballet of fine lines. This alga, when
dry, is strong and elastic so it can be used as a construction material.

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REINIGEN
is an alga living only in the cave’s lake which nourishes itself from pollution
and help to clean the water before it is send back up in the platforms. It is a
pure white alga that shines in the dark and light up the lake from the inside. It
lives on all the walls of the lake.

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LICHEN
is a tiny plant growing on the rocks on the side of the crater. Its color
varies between deep green, yellows and whites and its small leaves are
wavy.

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GRASS
is growing everywhere in the crater. It is a plant that doesn’t need that much
light or water. The mammals eat it. It is a long, slightly flattened stem.

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NETEL
is a medicinal plant used as a medication for headaches and stomach aches. It
is a plant with large, saw-toothed leaves which rear face is covered with
stinging liquid. It can only be used boiled in infusions to sooth the pain.

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IVY
HOLLOW is a very bright green climbing plant that can be found everywhere. Very
tenacious plant that sticks to every surface it encounters, it is very difficult
to get rid of it. It particularly likes the sunny areas of the 2nd
platform and likes to climb all over the houses.

It has
leaves with three pointy ends, ribbed with blue sap veins. It grows in very
long stems with at least 100 leaves on each stem. It also has small pink
flowers hiding under some of the leaves.

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MOSS
is a small clustery plant growing in the moistly and shadowy areas. It varies
from dark green to very light almost white green. When moss is growing
somewhere it means that water’s flowing near, useful during dry period of time.

## 5 espèces de fleurs

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SIYANSCRI
is a golden flower growing on small bushes with royal blue leaves. The flower
has small round petals and long stamens ended with a small white ball and it is
used as a medication for teeth pains and problems as it heals infections and
small cuts.

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VALERYANA,
nicknamed as the Bobcat-Muzzle, it is a medicinal herb, used by the folk as an
antiseptic and anesthetic. It is grounded and used as a thick, sticky paste and
has a sour taste. It makes big conical clusters of brightly colored flowers on
long round stems. It can reach a height of 1m. It also has big pointy leaves
wrapped around the stem, there is usually two leaves per stem.

It is
rarely used as decorative flower because of its tendency to have a very sweet
and disgusting smell. It can only be found in the cave near the lake.

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FELIX
PRILIQA is a splendid flower with big petals of a bright alizarin red with some
lighter petals here and there, all dotted with black dots on the extremity of
the petal. It has bright orange stamens with a little black sphere on top. Its
leaves and stems are black with golden ribbing. It is foraged by the apinaes.

This is a very prized flower because
of its bright and cheerful colors and its sweet citrusy smell.

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MEADOW
FLOWER is a small colorful flower growing between the rocks of the sides of the
volcano. It is very fragile and can’t be picked up because it dies in a few
hours. It is foraged by the apinaes.

== Eatable plants that are
harvested ==
2 types of
cereals:

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A
small dark cereal very nutritious which grows on thick stems in clusters. It is
harvested every two seasons in the summer and the excess is stocked in a grain.
It is reduced in powder to use it in different meals and preparations. It is a
base ingredient of the folk food.

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A
very old cereal, the first the folk has ever harvested, which has a pale red
color and is very sweet when boiled. It is also harvested every two seasons but,
in the winter, instead of the summer.

5 types of vegetables:

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UNDYNN
is a round shaped vegetables growing in the ground which does not allow him to
get any sunlight and make its skin and flesh transparent. The only colored
thing are its seeds which are black. It is between 10 and 20 cm big. It is a
bitter vegetable when raw and more acid when cooked.

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EOCADOES
is a vegetable of elongated shape with a soft white flesh and a green ribbed
skin. It is up to 15 cm big. It grows out of the dirt, 20 cm above the ground
on strong stems with small green pointy leaves very tasty used for drinks. This
vegetable can be eaten raw or boiled.

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STRAREL
is a leafy vegetable as it is composed of a succession of many dark green to
blueish green leaves in a pyramidal shape. It is used for entries and sometimes
main dishes but always raw.

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OSTEARN
is a kind of strarel that can be cooked, and which leaves are pale blue.

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IALUS
is small quite round vegetable growing on small trees. Its skin is black or
dark green and its flesh is pale green ribbed with a darker green. It has a big
kernel in the center. It is eaten raw. It is between 5 to 9 cm long.