Desert Reed

Plant like a very wooden reedy membrane, a giant asparagus spear with very fibrous, barky flesh. When left in water it gets real plump and healthy, and the bark becomes barbed and toxic. Like a cactus inspired by a scorpion tail.   Kajh Tai domesticated that, turned it into something easy to cultivate, useful for catching and purifying water because you can plant them anywhere and they'll root and then go dormant, and if they get wet they'll soak up the water quickly and plump up. They can then be tapped and drained for cactus water, or chopped down and transported.   Once drained, the fibrous nature of it's flesh becomes apparent, and the dried husk can be easily rolled and crushed to turn it into reeds -- a very important element in Kajh construction.   Conservation The Reeds are native to Kajh Tai, but only to a particularly stony region at its northwest, the Idsartan Knurl, where the coral has managed to break a mountain and is slowly tilting it onto a severe angle. These grow on its more shaded wall, a tundra of blistering summers culminating in a beautiful but violent storm season (notable for it's red lightning, caused by the ash haze the volcano still burps up regularly). They are harsh survivors, and they flourish far too well in the central parts of Kajh Tai, where they can close off important drains into the Undersea   Conservation is typically to destroy wild croppings of it, though this can be a prohibitively expensive and dangerous task, and is easily procrastinated until it's gotten so out of hand that a corralum is clogged into a pool and local cities water levels are falling behind.   The seeds of these are used to make maracas bracelets -- a common Kajh Accessory