Flora and Fauna of Sweetland
Initial Observations of Flora and Fauna on Sweetland in Meadow Springs and Surroundings (Lower Forest Biome) Y8-10
Note: This is a very preliminary report based on observations by Jessie Larivee, Ecologist at Meadow Springs for the College of the Upper Settlements, Echota. These are not meant to be definitive categories, just organizational. “Taxons” may be possible clades, but I will leave the categorization to better-trained minds.
Flora *
Habitat Taxons: meadow; riparian; forest; understory. aquatic.
Clade Taxons: flowering; tree-like; shrub-like; grass-like; succulent; fungi-like.
Epiderm Taxons: spongy-epiderm; woody-epiderm; fibrous-epiderm; bulbous.
Reproduction: rhizome; fruit-bearing; spore-bearing.
*Please keep in mind: these taxons are all based on categories from Earth. How relevant are they? Needs much refinement.
| Common Name | Taxons | Notes |
| Creepy Karen | forest, understory, rhizome, fibrous, carnivorous?? | not edible, ground-cover, grows rapidly overnight and seems to breakdown decaying matter, inc dead. |
| Sweet Mystol | forest, tree-like, fruit-bearing, woody-epiderm | edible – fruit. |
| Mushroom Tree | forest, tree-like, spongy-epiderm | purplish tinged, 2-3 meters, dark purple umbrella. |
| Faux Chinka or Purple Chinka | forest, meadow, shrub-like, woody-epiderm | resembles chinka, with purple leaves and reddish bark, 2 meter height. |
| Bumbleshroom | forest, fungi-like, spore-bearing | grows at base of woody trees, striped yellow and black like a bumble bee. |
| Breadfruit | forest, tree-like, spongy-epiderm | edible fruit reminiscent of namesake. small tree-like about 2-3 meters, bushy |
| Zirasol | meadow, flowering, seed-bearing | up to 3 meters tall, yellow and violet flower, spindly stem. |
| Fleur de Prairie or Meadow Flower | meadow, flowering, seed-bearing | a small blueish flower with 5 serrate petals (or petal-like leaves?) |
| Meadow Wheat | meadow, grass-like, seed-bearing | brownish red, grows in clumps – grain-like seeds grow along stem. |
| Para Ginseng or Paragin | meadow, rhizome, bulbous | vine grows along slopes like namesake. |
| Pampas Grass or River Spice | riparian, succulent, grass like | edible, found near nunaroot – symbiont? |
| Nunaroot | riparian, rhizome, bulbous | edible potato-like root. |
| Blue Bean | riparian, shrub-like, fruit-bearing | not a bean, but looks similar to green bean. |
| Pixiewings | airborne, flowering (?) | appears to be a minuscule, airborne plant. Still investigating. |
| Parapine | forest, tree-like, spongy-epiderm | shape is vaguely like a small pine, with needle-like leaves, green-toward-purple. |
Fauna *
Habitat Taxons: forest; meadow; rock-dweller; land dweller; tree-dweller; burrower; riparian.
Clade Taxons: mammal-like; reptile-like; amphibious; flyer; swimmer; crawlies;
Diet Taxons: herbivore; carnivore; omnivore; scavenger.
Epiderm Taxons: scaly; fur-bearing; hair-bearing; hairless; feathers.
*Please keep in mind: these taxons are all based on categories from Earth. How relevant are they? Needs much refinement.
| Common name | Taxons | Notes |
| Ardiya | forest, tree dweller, mammal-like, fur-bearing, herbivore | vaguely resembles squirrel with a long proboscis, bluish tail. |
| Woodland Shrew | forest, burrower, mammal-like, fur-bearing, herbivore | tiny burrowing animal |
| Dawn Crier | forest, land-dweller, fur-bearing? carnivore? | size of a small dog, sounds like a baby crying in the early morning. Shy. No sightings close up. |
| Blue Runner | meadow, rock-dweller, scaly, 4-legged | size of a small lizard |
| Velcrow | forest, meadow, flyer, fur-bearing, 4-legged | tiny, shaggy looking flying thing, about a decimeter long at most. |
| Green Runner | riparian, reptile-like, amphibious, | appear closely related to blue runner |
| Flipperdoodle | riparian, swimmer | very small, maybe amphibious (Green Runner?) |
| Skipper | riparian, crawlie, 8-legged | skips rapidly across the water in marshes, eats other crawlies. |
| Faux Trout or Red Trout | aquatic, fish-like swimmer, gills | a large trout-like fish, commonly eaten. a large bottom feeder. |
| Muddy Eel | aquatic, swimmer, gills | an eel-like fish |
| Suckerfish | riparian, aquatic, parasite | leech-like found mostly on riverbanks and other riparian areas. |