Clinging Swamp Plort

Clinging Swamp Plort
Creator	Spinoyonyx
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Clinging Swamp Plort
Zones	H
Roles	Producer
Classification
Genus	Pelliplortatus
Species	Pelliplortatus manguca
Evolution
Date	January 25th, 2020
Ancestor	Swamp Plort
Descendants	Lesser Swamp Plort Pelliplortatus brackishensis

Evolved from P.uca, when some seeds were rooted in deeper parts of the flooded areas some that successfully grew started to reproduce and developed longer roots in order to stabilize much better in the muddy soil.

Found in zone H, they grow up to 9-10 feet tall(increase in height for better chance of seeds getting carried away further).The seed has air pocket in the seed (and has an internal part that connects the inner layer of the seed to the bottom outer layer of the seed) to allow it to be buoyant on water. Each seed is at the length of 2-3.5cm(with trichomes) to help cope with the new size to allow it to be drifted by the winds as effective as its ancestor this helps it spread away from the mother plant giving reduce competition and better expansion for the species. When the seeds land on water in a flooded zone they would float and drift to a shallow area that is still deeper then P.uca's usually depth growth while it floats on the water it would start to germinate to ankle itself on to the soil to be able to grow on soil in deeper water.

Their longer exposed stilted roots allow it to breathe even though their land is flooded with water and allow it to be stable in the muddy loose soil much better.

It reaches full height in about 3 months (90 days), and produces numerous seeds year-round as they are blown around the surrounding area. They germinate while they are floating in order to hook onto shallow water in order to grow.