Catachan - Notable Catachan Flora: Brain Leaf - The brain leaf, a carnivorous plant, is actually a small tree, not particularly conspicuous on Catachan, but one that is able to attach its tendrils to the spine and brain of any animal, taking control over their body. This creature may actually be a genetic offshoot of the Tyranid Cortex Leech, a creature with similar abilities, that was cut off from the Hive Mind and went feral.Spiker - The spiker, another deadly plant, fires its eponymous spikes into its victims' bodies, which contain a virus that seeks to replicate the spiker's own DNA in the new host and unleash a series of mutative biochemical reactions which literally transforms the person into another spiker over time.Venus mantrap - The Venus mantrap is a carnivorous plant whose analogous species are common to many jungle Death Worlds across the galaxy. It resembles the much-smaller Terran Venus flytrap for which it is named, but is far larger, and unlike the flytrap, it is not stationary but is able to move its leaves to attack and consume its prey. The mantrap consists of a number of mobile leaves attached to a single immobile stem.Spore Tree - The branches of the spore tree hold dangling flowers which launch a cloud of spores when they detect something moving close by, to carry their seeds to other fertile areas. The spore cloud is so dense that the creature which disturbed the tree often chokes and dies, its respiratory system entirely clogged by the spores. This is also useful for the spore tree as its victim's decaying body will enrich the ground around its roots.Strangleplant - The strangleplant prefers shady spots to grow in, where its distinctive tube-like trunk is hidden from view. When it detects the air disturbance caused by a passing animal, its long, highly adhesive stamen uncoils, wrapping itself around the prey and dragging them back to die of dehydration.Canak Floater - The Canak floater is a bizarre and deadly plant filled with lighter-than-air gases, and it drifts across the planet with the vagaries of the wind. It has sensitive feeler tentacles which detect warmth and moisture above the normal local levels. This is usually used by the plant to uncover streams, hot springs and other sources of water, but unfortunately is also sensitive enough to detect the temperature of and moisture changes caused by Humans. When it finds such a place, the floater explodes, scattering its seed pods over a wide area. These seed pods have a diamond-hard outer casing outfitted with razor sharp edges, and will scythe through anything within range.Miral Catcher - The Miral catcher is a ground-hugging carnivorous vegetation which has roots that are extremely sensitive to vibrations in the ground, such as might be caused by an animal wandering past. It looks innocuous enough when dormant, but when it attacks, huge tentacles whip from its many frilled maws and lash out. They carry a paralysing toxin, which acts almost instantaneously upon the prey.Sucker Tree - The sucker tree is a carnivorous plant that is fairly innocuous looking to the untrained eye; it is simply a fungal-like growth on top of a seemingly normal tree trunk. However, the trunk can twist and turn when it detects prey, bending over to drop its suckers on top of the heads of its victims. It quickly drains them of their life fluids and then flings the corpse away to ensure that future victims are not made suspicious by a pile of bodies.Spitting Cactus - The spitting cactus is a deadly form of jungle cacti that is able to fire toxin-coated spines directly at nearby prey.Catachan Mantrap - The Catachan mantrap is a carnivorous plant which, while having a similar name to the Venus mantrap, uses a much more aggressive hunting technique. It can move its leaves around, actively searching out prey and clamping its jaw-like leaves around its victims.Stranglevine - The stranglevine is a carnivorous plant that prefers shady spots to grow in, where its distinctive, tube-like trunk is hidden from view. When the stranglevine detects the disturbance caused by a passing animal, its long, highly adhesive stamen uncoil, wrapping themselves around their prey and dragging them back into the plant's body to eventually die of dehydration and be consumed by the plant.Shardwrack Spines - Shardwrack spines, also known as "devil's-teeth," are jagged formations of fossilised organic matter left behind by an unknown species of plant that has hardened over thousands of standard years, forming razor-sharp walls of crystalline growth bursting from the ground. A usual sight on any Death World, they present menacing, bizarre battle zones that only the strongest or the most foolhardy would dare fight within. Shardwrack spines form impenetrable barriers that hamper movement, able to mortally wound anything that might come near -- their strange shapes and sharp spines can pierce most forms of personal armour as if it simply was not there.Barbed Vemongorse - Covered in alien flora bright and beguiling, Death Worlds are strange and sinister places few visit and fewer leave intact. Much of the pain, suffering and death can be attributed to the growth of barbed venomgorse. Possessed of a primal, cunning sapience, this carnivorous plant is highly adaptable, which snakes toward anything that lives, able to generate new weapon-growths and toxins throughout its life cycle while injecting debilitating neurotoxins into its victims with invariably fatal results. It is commonly found with a collection of dead animal bones, xenos skeletons, and the odd unfortunate desiccated Human corpse entangled in its sapient roots and boughs. The venom from a single one of these xenos-weeds is enough to kill most of the population of a hive city. The barbed venomgorse is defined by its mesh-like leaves, buds, and barbed flowers, and the body of the plant is a thick tangle of thorned creeper vines. It can also grow in deadly variants known as grappleweed.Grappleweed - Grappleweed represents the most common and deadly variant of barbed vemongorse. Grappleweed is a hideous xenos plant that possesses stumpy bushes with trumpet-like flowers. It is a mobile carnivorous plant, able to shuffle across the landscapes of the galaxy's various Death Worlds in search of fresh morsels of prey. The plant's writhing, barbed tentacles are a deadly menace which will drag any prey that comes too close with its grapple-barbed tongue into the fleshy trumpet of the plant's main body for eventual digestion. It is a ravenous carnivorous plant that tumbles towards its prey with astonishing swiftness before dousing it in highly corrosive biochemicals and consuming the slurried remains.