Clevandodendron

Clevandodendron (often colloquially referred to as "thistle", "desert thorn" or "desert shrub") is a small, hardy plant appearing as a map object in Carnivores.

Biology
Clevandodendron is a lycopsid, part of a group of plants which were very common during the Paleozoic era and which include modern-day club mosses and quillworts. It is known from fossils dating back to the Devonian period. A single plant consists of three stalks covered in hardy scales, growing from a single X-shaped stigmarian root. The two smaller stalks of the plant each split into two spore-bearing cones, while the larger stalk splits first into two branches, and each branch splits into two cones. This plant is extremely hardy and appears to be very adaptable to conditions less favorable for other plants, such as deserts, beaches and rocky terrain.

Official appearances
In Carnivores, Clevandodendron appears to be one of the most common small plants. Two variants of the plant are known to exist, a red variant found in "The Woods of Turan Choks", "Basmachee Rocks", "The Ancient Temple", "The Pyramids of Shmu-Hadron" and "The Great Lake", and an orange variant found only in "Basmachee Rocks". Both variants are notably absent from "The Jungles of Gravitsappa". Due to its hardy nature, this plant may have been avoided by most herbivores on the planet, with the possible exception of Triceratops - a dinosaur known to feed on tough vegetation.

Like many plants and map objects from the first Carnivores game, Clevandodendron does not officially appear in any subsequent Carnivores title.

Community appearances
Due to its nostalgic factor and reputation as a common, tough plant on FMM UV-32, Clevandodendron has been used extensively in community-made maps and mods.

In Carnivores Triassic, a black variant of the plant can be found growing on the majority of maps. A blue variant can be found in "Dory Oasis", a red one in "Hell Island" and a black one with glowing green cones in "Greenshire".

In Mandibles, the black variant can be found in "The Gates of Dawn", while the red and orange variants from the original Carnivores appear in "Fluvius Vitarum".

In Carnivores+, Clevandodendron continues to fulfill its role as a common plant in the original Carnivores maps and their extensions, and has also been introduced into the extended version of "The Jungles of Gravitsappa".