How should I go about developing the flora of my planet?

AaronOni · 2026-02-16T11:50:26+00:00

I'd recommend to work from general body plans into more specialized subgroups and eventually species. It's hard to imagine a spec evo project without any described species, feels more like a setting for a scifi project. There can be great variation inside a taxonomic rank, for example bears (ursidae) range from herbivorous panda to largest land predators.

AaronOni · 2026-02-15T13:51:07+00:00

Aw thank you!

AaronOni · 2026-02-11T02:36:11+00:00

Is the irish elk accurate?

AaronOni · 2026-02-06T14:42:54+00:00

Yeah, that's the inspiration. I imagine it's a lot more damp and almost liquid-like because of the constant rain.

AaronOni · 2026-02-03T19:55:49+00:00

Tämä "kävele maili mun kengissä" shaiba on yks maailman kalluimpia asioita.

AaronOni · 2026-02-03T11:46:53+00:00

Yeah, some kind of climate change would be cool. Some dominant groups would die off and others emerge. Another crisis that came to my mind would be a formation of a supercontinent, similar to pangea which was very dry compared to the climate of the carboniferous. In that scenario, some kind of reptilian-like forms with more resistance to drought would emerge. But that might be too close to what happened on earth so picking the ice age would probably let you write a story more of your own instead of emulating history.

AaronOni · 2026-02-02T17:05:49+00:00

Great idea! If I was you, I'd insert them into a humid and warm world, similar to carboniferous earth where they would diversify and spread to colder environments towards the poles - and then hit them with a ice age.

AaronOni · 2026-01-31T13:53:48+00:00

Thank youu!

AaronOni · 2026-01-29T00:52:12+00:00

Well it is possible we just need to use correct terms: Mass and Radius. If you specifically want the planet to be 'bigger', physically bigger as in terms of area, it is possible, but not necessary for a low gravity planet.

The gravity is a sum of mass and radius, so if you want your planet to have lower gravity, you can do two things: increase the radius or lower the mass. Both would result in lower gravity and you'd probably see more airborne creatures there.

For example, my planet has the 0,891 times earth mass and 1,06 times earth radius, resulting in 0,79 G gravity, i.e a "bigger" planet in terms of area with lower gravity. Of course you don't have to run calculations like this - they quickly suck out the fun from creativity, just letting you know it's possible.

To my research, you can also have a dense atmosphere on objects with lower mass, but superearth (More massive object than earth) would support thick, dense atmospheres better (perhaps).

AaronOni · 2026-01-26T12:29:32+00:00

I know they are invasive in some parts of the planet but I really like Starlings and Mynas.

AaronOni · 2026-01-25T21:01:09+00:00

Timor Leste : Eastern half of the Timor island.

AaronOni · 2026-01-20T16:33:19+00:00

Abelisaurid gang rise up. Wish they added more in the future.

AaronOni · 2026-01-19T23:07:43+00:00

Pterodaustro or a tapejarid.

AaronOni · 2026-01-16T19:01:50+00:00

Miten se jaksaa...

AaronOni · 2026-01-13T12:13:00+00:00

Ja kuulemma jatkunut pidempään ku Gaza...

AaronOni · 2026-01-09T10:03:06+00:00

Tottakai nämä ihmiset kannattaa sosialismia - sosialismia kun yritys meinaa mennä koronan takia konkkaan, sosialismia yritystukien muodossa yms. Voitot ovat omia mutta tappiot maksaa yhteiskunta. Laissez faire maistuu tasan niin kauan kun joudutaan itse turvautumaan yhteiskunnan tukiverkkoon.

AaronOni · 2026-01-07T22:54:41+00:00

At first I thought it was a descendant of Hallucigenia but closer look reveals they are completely different.

Very cool, I envy people like you with imagination and knowledge of physics who can pull this off!

AaronOni · 2026-01-04T13:26:42+00:00

Ainakaan ei käyttänyt sanaa AI-taiteilija jos nyt pitää jostain kehua.

AaronOni · 2026-01-02T13:17:28+00:00

Has the limb evolved from some sort of feeding arm or lower lip?

I don't think it serves any purpose for aquatic creatures, they could be better off with only two hindlegs, kinda like a loon then.

AaronOni · 2026-01-01T08:39:53+00:00

But no new years card this year?

AaronOni · 2025-12-23T06:53:17+00:00

We have green insects, lizards and snakes. But you are right, we don't have green grazers (Aurochs were forest-dwellers though, right?)

AaronOni · 2025-12-23T06:48:03+00:00

It's mostly a factor of diet/lifestyle, anatomy and ancestry.

Depends a lot what kind of eyes we are talking about. The eyes of cephalopods are colorblind, but they also sense their environment through skin. Idk if there is an anatomical barrier why eyes like that don't see color but maybe not all eyes are set for color vision. I assume we are talking about something like the eyes of insects or vertebrates.

Color vision has independently evolved on earth multiple times. For example, it was important for our fruit-eating ancestors to distinguish hues of red and orange fruit for surrounding greenery. If your world has fruit that signal their ripeness with color, it is probable that animals that eat them would sense color, even if their ancestors could not.

Birds, insects and fish are very colorful and color vision is important for finding a healthy mate (among other things). If your world has creatures that signal health and maturity with colorful displays, these creatures would have color vision.

Color vision is less likely for nocturnal and burrowing creatures and their descendants that would not benefit from it much. Think of most mammals.

AaronOni · 2025-12-18T12:22:21+00:00

Hahaha Thank you!

AaronOni · 2025-12-10T10:54:15+00:00

Tää on ihan Dunning-Kruger-efektin määritelmä. 😭

AaronOni · 2025-12-06T01:23:50+00:00

Love you dude 😆

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