Clubmoss
The Clubmoss rises no taller than a child's hand, but with stubborn grace, its needle-like leaves spraying outward in even whorls from a central root to form starbursts of green that drink the mists between suns. At the peak of each green arm grow slender spore-torches, pale yellow, tightly scaled, and faintly glowing in certain lights like candles seen through morning fog. It carpets shaded clearings and clings to the lower flanks of the Bridge Mountains Place The Bridge Mountains A mountain range in the far north of Tarkdaara, one of the named western and northern sub-ranges of the Spine of the World, the continent-long range of stone and ice., tracing elder riverbeds where the ground remembers its own fertility.
Key traits
- Tall spore structures release dense clouds of fine dust during the season of dispersal, ensuring survival in thick forests where winds rarely pass.
- Raw leaves and stalks possess a sharp bitterness that wards grazing creatures.
- Shallow, tangled roots weave into dense mats that stabilise banks against floods and hold mists close to the soil.
- When dried, soaked, and sweetened, Clubmoss leaves are transformed into Serfo Pudding, a dense, silky dish prized among river-kin and gladefolk for its mildly restorative, honey-tinged richness.
- A thriving patch of Clubmoss signals deep soil, steady rains, and the patient favour of the suns.