Mega Flora Botanical Research

The subject of this article is from the ExoMech update.
The information from this article is is up-to-date as of 10 June, 2020.

B. Loneridsonia, a 15 Cuboid Rooms tall Harvestable Mega Plant in planet Niussas

Mega Flora Botanical Research is a research page.

Summary

This page describes Mega Flora found on Biome - Mega Exotic worlds that is both scannable with the Analysis Visor and harvestable with a Mining Beam.

This makes them not just part of the landscape, but full fledged Flora.

Description

Many Mega Exotic planets have mega-sized flora and mega-sized mineral elements that are part of the landscape. These elements are enlarged types of flora or minerals present in other biomes, and they are not scannable, harvestable, or editable with Multi-tool equipment or any other device. This makes them one of the sturdiest natural elements present in the universe. The planets that present mega-sized elements usually have two kinds of them.

In some cases, however, tough mega-sized flora don't follow this general rule, and are scannable and harvestable, despite having huge proportions.

Measurements

X. Monolithia, a 15 Cuboid Rooms tall Harvestable Mega Plant in planet Yuggoth

Since measuring height is not easy in No Man's Sky, Cuboid Rooms have been used as a measuring tool.

Mega Ringed Worlds

A Mega Ringed World is a Mega Exotic subtype with mega-sized mineral rings that are part of the landscape. In this kind of planet, the second mega-sized element is a tall umbrella shaped tree that is often present in a smaller version in other biomes. Despite being an enlarged version of a regular tree, this Mega Flora is not part of the landscape, but can be scanned and harvested. This happens in the 100% of samples and is a constant in every Mega Ringed World documented to this point.

This type of umbrella tree can be roughly as tall as 15 Cuboid Rooms piled on top of each other, and this measure is constant in all the specimen in the various planet analyzed.

Image	Flora Name	Planet Name	Age	Root Structure	Nutrient Source	Elements
	X. Monolithia	Yuggoth	Infant	Balanced	Nitrogen Fixation	Carbon
	B. Loneridsonia	Niussas	Mature	Localized	Fungal Symbiosis	Carbon
	X. Seadiffosa	Dark Waters	Young	Significant	Osmosis	Carbon, Mordite
	O. Seedcatae	Rejare Prime	Dying	Regular	Carbon Absorption	Carbon, Mordite
	K. Coffkarnium	Liycenn Alpha	Decades	Fractal	Cosmic Radiation	Carbon

Lush-like Mega Exotics

Wood of Mega-Trees, 13 Cuboid Rooms tall, on planet Rutah

Wood of Mega-Trees on planet Iboso

Many Mega Exotic planets lack mega-sized elements, but instead have a very similar surface appearance to the Lush biome, differing only in weird colouring. In this particular environment there are woods made of different species of trees, usually four, and all of them are mega-sized. In the regular lush biome, woods are made of regular sized trees, and one specie might have a mega sized tree individual infrequently present. In the Lush-like Mega Exotic Biome entire woods are composed of mega sized trees, and all the present species have frequent oversized samples that form the bulk of the wood themselves.

Their average height is 13 Cuboid Rooms

Image	Name	Planet Name	Age	Root Structure	Nutrient Source	Elements
	K. Feverketium	Rutah	Decades	Invasive	Moonlight	Carbon
	I. Centimulae	Rutah	Infant	Regular	Radiotrophic	Carbon, Radon
	J. Lionangnea	Rutah	Mature	Concentrated	Membrane Compression	Carbon, Mordite
	V. Weldhiopium	Rutah	Sapling	Extensive	Atmospheric Moisture	Carbon
	P. Meltgatoe	Iboso	Sapling	Extensive	Photosynthesis	Carbon
	S. Meltsisium	Iboso	Seasoned	Voluminous	Moonlight	Carbon, Mordite
	Z. Stalyavernea	Iboso	Sprouting	Narrow	Carnivorous	Carbon
	I. Toothmibius	Iboso	Infant	Voluminous	Buried Nitrogen	Carbon