Sanguivorous grass
Sanguivorous grass (Tenues ferrum) is a species of grass native to the Fil Humide Bog in Frésir, Wosteaque. The grass is known for it's razor thin trichomes, that can cut animals which bleed around the plant. The plant this uses the nutrients from the blood to grow, specifically nitrogen which helps the plant to grow in non-fertile soil.
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Least Concern
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| Order: | Poales
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| Family: | Poaceae
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| Genus: | Tenues
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| Species: | T. Ferrum
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Description
Sanguivorous grass is normally 2 cm tall, but can grow up to 8 cm. The grass can grow without blood in normal soil, but it is in non-fertile soil, where most other grasses cannot grow, that it makes use of its sanguivorous properties. The grass uses it's razor thin trichomes, which have small bulbs filled with eugenol, a natural anesthetic, to "hide" the cuts from the inflicted animal. The animal usually does not feel anything, and depending on it's size, either wonders out of the grass or dies of bloodloss.