Ultraplortatus sustensa

Ultraplortatus sustensa
Creator	CheetoLord02
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	B, D
Roles	Producer
Classification
Genus	Ultraplortatus
Species	Ultraplortatus sustensa
Evolution
Date	January 23rd, 2019
Ancestor	Megaplortatus longatumus
Descendants	Jungle Purpurtree Twin-Tower Ultraplortatus Ultraplortatus firmumsus Ultraplortatus procerus Ultraplortatus stellafrons

A new species descended from P. longatumus, now residing in zone D as seeds were dropped across the land gap, This species has taken all of its horizontal growth and instead invested it all into height, meaning that this Plortatus sp. can grow to be a whopping 100-150 feet tall! To support all of that weight, it has developed a much thicker trunk, as well as massive leaves for soaking in as much sunlight as possible. This results in massive canopies that shade 80-100% of the forest floor, making other plant life scarce, however these trees grow at an insane rate of 10 feet a year, with most of the energy coming from the fertile soils of zone D, until eventually they are able to reach the canopies. The roots can grow very deep as well, drilling into the soil almost straight down in a conical fashion rather than outwards. This results in several of these trees being capsized during strong wind storms. The rotting wood then decays and makes an excellent fertilizer and an equally great haven for life. The trees reproduce in a grand event, releasing thousands of seeds to the ground, as the seeds have a fairly low chance of survival due to the shady canopy of the adult trees. Furthermore, due to a rare gene expression, the bark of the adult trees is a unique purple color, however this color is not very bright until the tree is around 50 feet tall, until that point the bark stays a very dark purple, almost black color.