Approved Species Arsenae blue wheat

[Anna Omera]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: Create an agricultural product for Arsenae
• Image Credit: https://agro.biodiver.se/2018/06/where-is-utrecht-blue-wheat-from/
• Canon: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Links: Arsenae

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Name: Arsenae blue wheat
• Origins: Arsenae
• Other Locations: N/A
• Classification: Plant/agricultural grain
• Average Growth Cycle: Five standard months
• Viability: Blue wheat requires full to partial sunlight for several hours a day. Does well in soft fertile soil, while it struggles in poorer soils. Arsenae blue wheat prefers temperatures between 15°C and 32°C. While it can survive freezing temps for a short time, it will struggle to grow below 15°C. Seeds from blue wheat can survive for around fifty years if stored properly, if conditions are cool enough they can survive for almost a hundred.
• Description: Arsenae blue wheat has a light blue green stem that grows to one meter tall. The seeds of the plant turn a steel blue when ready to harvest. Between the kernels grow a stiff silver like hair. Fields of ripe blue wheat are described as ocean waves rolling in the wind

PHYSICAL INFORMATION

• Average Height: 1 to 1.2 meters
• Average Length: N/A
• Color: Blue green stem with steel blue seeds and stiff silver strands between kernels.
• Nutritional Value: Major source of starch, energy, vitamin B, calcium, dietary fiber, iron and several other minerals and vitamins.
• Toxicity: None
• Other Effects: No other effects.
• Distinctions: A fast growing wheat, blue wheat can be planted and harvested in only four standard months. The plant itself grows in thick clumps without competing with each other. Seeds from blue wheat give of a slight shine when the seeds are ready to harvest. Bread from this wheat has a sweet taste to it and a slight blueish tint. When stored properly, seeds from this plant can be stored for decades.

Strengths:

• Food provider: Arsenae blue wheat has the ability to provide large amounts of food. The plant grows in thick clumps with many kernels growing atop of the stem. With little competition with its neighbors, blue wheat can be grown in massive fields.
• Fast growing: A fast growing wheat. Blue wheat can go from seed to harvest in only four months.

Weaknesses:

• Fire: Blue wheat is a plant, making it susceptible to fire.
• Insects/disease: Blue wheat can fall prey to insects that eat the stems of the plant. It is also vulnerable to a few know plant diseases and types fungus that damage the roots if grown in poor conditions.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Arsenae blue wheat has been recorded as far back as sixteen thousand BBY, older records suggest it goes back even further. The plant itself is derived from a now extinct species of wild wheat found in the warmer and wetter climates on the southern hemisphere of Arsenae. Thousands of years of cultivation turned the plant into its modern farm raised variety. Blue wheat is grown in massive fields and ship to every corner of the planet. Being fast growing and adaptable to most climates of the planet makes it one of the most important grains on the planet. Empires and armies have both relied on this wheat, not just for its breads and other products but also for its longevity when properly stored.

 

[Allyson Locke]

Approved