Sonny's Land Plants

The Dicote Family

The Early Land Plants

With the many abnormal weather conditions on Populus, many water plants find themselves dying off due to drastic changes.  Many water plants suffer a low growth rate, but still survive some rapid and critical changes.  One of those water plants is Lungy which evolves from Zipia cell. Since planet Populus experiences strong wind which carries parts of Lungy's plant to dry land.  These parts immediately die out due to lack of water.  This process continues for many more years and eventually some parts of Lungy that are blown to land become tolerant to dry condition and survive.  It marked the very beginning of the Dicote Family of land plants.  

Early Plants

Lungy evolved into Dicus, a land plants that was healthy and survived along the coasts of Populus.  It made its mark on Populus with its size of five inches in height.  With its leaves opened wide to capture sunlight and its roots anchored deep into the ground for nutrients, it was able to take in the changes in weather conditions that Populus presented.  The roots also helped it sustain life; enabling it to stay put in one place. The roots picked up the water, the most important nutrient to its survival, and stored it inside the stem.  With many new dimensions added, Dicus was able to develop new life in different areas on Populus.

Low Land Deserts

Dicus that was transported to the lowland deserts on Populus became Dulas which found out that it had experienced the most "horrible" weather conditions.  Water was seldom available for its use for survival and reproduction.  However, despite the harsh choice that it encountered, Dulas started to prolong  and strengthen its roots.  With its strong roots, it was able to suck in the water it needed from the rainy season that usually lasted only a few weeks.  Its stem got shorter to decrease the amount of water it transported to its leaves.  To protect itself from the hot sun, its leaves turned purple which allowed heat resistance.  It was still roughly five inches tall and also grew lots of sharp thorn to scare off its predators.

Tropical Rain Forests

Delenus was the result of evolution when Dicus traveled to the tropical rain forest.  Delenus loved it here since there was plenty of rain to go around.  It grew branches with leaves spread open wide in order to catch more sunlight.  It had developed a very strong root system, not only to support its weight, but also to transport water and other minerals.  It was a very "smart" tree.  It attracted birds and other species with its beautiful shiny red flowers and used them to spread out its seeds to different locations in the forest.  

Temperate Forests

Dicus made its way to the temperate forests of Populus and developed into Davi, a tree that was about 5 feet high.  Since there was lots of strong wind year round, Davi also had a strong root system to anchor its body to the ground.  It had lots of leaves and these leaves retained their green color through out the years.  They only changed their "clothes", the leaves, once every few seasons.  During this time, they also produce fruits which animals in the surrounding area would love to have.  Its fruits not only tasted delicious, but also introduced a wonderful smell that attracted animals from far away.  Animals would eat the fruit and spit out the seeds.  The tree created this strong inviting odor because that was the only time the fruits could be cracked open so that the seeds could be planted on the ground.

Grasslands

Dorious was the transformation from Dicus when it got to grasslands.  Dorious, unlike its relatives, Delenus and Davi, was rather small.  It was small in every aspect from the roots to the stems.  Dorious was very much like grass that we love to have in our back yard.  It was thin and green looking.  To compete with other plants in the surrounding neighborhood, it multiplied rather quickly and did not require much water.  It would survive and grow fairly easy in any new environment to which the wind carried its tiny seeds.  To further its existence on Populus, it produced a foul smelling chemical that scared away its predators.

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