Flora

The subject of this article is from the ExoMech update.
The information from this article is is up-to-date as of 10 June, 2020.

Flora is scannable plant life.

Summary

Flora is the procedurally generated, scannable plant life occurring on a planet in No Man's Sky. Grass is generally considered backdrop and not part of the scannable flora. On many toxic and radioactive planets, small mushrooms may take the place of grass and are also unscannable. The type of plant life depends upon what kind of planet the flora is living on.

Most species can be mined using the Multi-tool for Carbon and some species can be picked for special elements. The scanner will indicate which resource you will get. For a list of plants containing special elements see resource,

Flora can be renamed and uploaded for Nanite Clusters. There is no indication how many different flora species are on a planet and scanning them does not count towards completing zoology efforts.

Some flora is hazardous and will hurt the player if they step too close.

Scan Data

The properties of the plant are procedurally generated terms and don't have an effect on the gameplay, aside from Primary Element and Secondary Element. Note that Age, Primary Element, and Secondary Element cannot be viewed in the Discoveries.

Oxygen, Sodium, and Deuterium Rich Plants can be scanned; just do it before collecting the resources.

• Age: Plant Age
• Root Structure: Plant Roots
• Nutrient Source: Plant Food
• Notes: Plant Notes
• Primary Element
• Secondary Element

The bolded texts above are defined in the game file, the sequence is taken from there as well.

Plant Age

1. Ancient
2. Old
3. Timeless
4. Millenia
5. Fresh
6. Sproutling
7. Sapling
8. Young
9. Decades
10. Moderate
11. Seasoned
12. Juvenile
13. Fully Grown
14. Youthful
15. Advanced
16. Unknown
17. Indeterminate
18. Regenerating
19. Perpetual
20. Cyclical
21. Mature
22. Centuries
23. Several Days
24. Still Growing
25. Infant
26. Immature
27. Fully Developed
28. Dying

Plant Roots

1. Complex
2. Fractal
3. Widespread
4. Stunted
5. Swamped
6. Desiccated
7. Extensive
8. Concentrated
9. Symbiotic
10. Fungal
11. Localised
12. Bi-directional
13. Many-Limbed
14. Gravitational
15. Unsupported
16. Inorganic
17. Significant
18. Efficient
19. Far Reaching
20. Capacious
21. Limited
22. Narrow
23. Restricted
24. Parasitic
25. Invasive
26. Extendable
27. Voluminous
28. Global
29. Knotted
30. Linear
31. Branching
32. Substantial
33. Conventional
34. Circular
35. Independent
36. Sentient
37. Heat Seeking
38. Simple
39. Regular
40. Polygonal
41. Not Present
42. Hidden
43. Balanced
44. Omni-Directional
45. Irregular
46. Transferrable
47. Mobile
48. Obtuse
49. Unfathomable
50. Grasping

Plant Food

1. Decomposition
2. Fungal Harvest
3. Air Leaching
4. Radiotrophic
5. Free Radicals
6. Autotrophic
7. Parasitic Leaching
8. Infrared Radiation
9. Entrapment
10. Conjuration
11. Atmospheric Moisture
12. Osmosis
13. Lost Insects
14. Gas Clouds
15. Heavy Rain
16. Electron Donors
17. Fungal Symbiosis
18. Membrane Compression
19. Nitrogen Fixation
20. Carbon Absorption
21. Soil Recycling
22. Radio Waves
23. Meditation
24. Fungal Reclamation
25. Proton Recycling
26. Salt Fusion
27. Soil Bacteria
28. Natural Carbon
29. Buried Treasure
30. Buried Carbon
31. Buried Nitrogen
32. Underground Bubbles
33. Moonlight
34. Sunlight
35. Ultraviolet Radiation
36. Gamma Rays
37. Sublimated Nitrogen
38. Rock Enzymes
39. Carnivorous Roots
40. Fermented Corpses
41. Aerobic Digestion
42. Anaerobic Digestion
43. Theft
44. Cosmic Radiation
45. Heat Recycling
46. Geological Energy
47. Thermal Capture
48. Liquid Ammonia
49. Other Plants
50. External Maintenance
51. Photosynthesis

Plant Food - Weird

1. Gravitational Waves
2. Stray Particles
3. Time Threads
4. Lost Travellers
5. [UNKNOWN]
6. [NOT DETERMINED]
7. Predatory
8. Self-Sustaining
9. The Unfortunate
10. The Lost
11. Doomed Wanderers
12. Non-existent Insects
13. Anomalous Nutrients
14. Heavy Metals
15. Stardust
16. Feeds on Failure
17. Dark Matter
18. Dark Energy
19. Time Bubbles
20. Synthesised from Fire

Plant Notes

1. Mono-Seasonal
2. Sensitive to Light
3. Potentially Medicinal
4. Hollow
5. Insect Habitation
6. Toxic Bark
7. Bitter Stems
8. Unpollinated
9. Bioluminescent
10. Succulent Tubers
11. Waxy Fruit
12. Infrequent Flowering
13. Edible Seeds
14. Inconsistent Blossom
15. Inedible Petals
16. Pungent
17. Nocturnal Pollinators
18. Parasite Host
19. Omni-Seasonal
20. Bi-Seasonal
21. Caustic Sap
22. Psychotropic Leaves
23. Hallucogenic^[sic] Bark
24. Extendible Fronds
25. Stinging Hairs
26. Annual Spore Clouds
27. Sentient Fruit
28. Hidden Tentacles
29. Itchy Pollen
30. Hypnotic Perfume
31. Calming Scent
32. Pheromone Sacs
33. Translucent Nuts
34. Crepuscular Fruit
35. Self-Healing Bark
36. Delicate Stems
37. Irresistible Seeds
38. Wailing Roots
39. Umbral Sprouts
40. Movement Prone
41. Airborne Seeds
42. Multicolour Wood
43. Photosensitive Tendrils
44. Iridescent Seed Pods
45. Retractable Fronds
46. Metallic Nodules
47. Partially Developed Eyes
48. Sneaky
49. Whispering Leaves
50. Haunted Nests
51. Nesting Moths
52. Unripe Fruit
53. Inner Beauty
54. Hibernating
55. Biologically Inert
56. Self-Pollinating
57. Inaudible
58. Frost Resistant
59. Carbon Dense
60. Delicious
61. Proto-Skeletal
62. Ticklish Stamen
63. Four Dimensional
64. Ocular Irritant
65. Mist-Based Defences
66. Cloud Generator
67. Pharmacologically Active
68. Altitude Tolerant
69. Drought Resistant
70. Tidal Sap
71. Easily Startled
72. Meaty Roots
73. True Neutral
74. All Colours
75. Blight Resistant
76. Water Laden
77. Durable Fruit
78. Wind-Blown Seeds
79. Mobile
80. Genetically Diverse
81. Cloned
82. Rapidly Mutating
83. Faintly Singing
84. Pleasing Aroma
85. Slowly Rotting
86. Extremely Poisonous
87. High Metal Content
88. Liquidises Soil
89. High Internal Pressure
90. Unstable Fruit
91. Covered in Tiny Eggs
92. Aggressive
93. Golden Sap
94. Flakey Coating
95. Suspicious Odour
96. Vigorous
97. Hydrophilic
98. Ericaceous
99. Calcifuge
100. Calcicole
101. Odourless
102. Spongy Coating
103. Parasitic Leaves
104. Tiny Hairs
105. Sticky Coating
106. Nanite Sap
107. Water Resistant
108. Choking Scent
109. Flowers Once
110. Infectious Spores
111. Hive Mind
112. Extraterrestrial
113. Migratory
114. Perennial
115. Self-Propagating
116. Rapid Reproduction
117. Self-Replicating
118. Slow Growing
119. Fragile Stems
120. Delicate Flowers
121. Paralysing Spores
122. Neurotoxic Pollen
123. Oily Seeds
124. Stinging Fruit
125. Crimson Seeds
126. Fireproof Nuts
127. Crystalline Flowers
128. Shadow Petals
129. Combustible Fruit
130. Glasslike Seeds
131. Fragile Bulbs
132. Mouldy Bulbs
133. Semi-Liquid Bulbs
134. Luminous Bulbs
135. Glowing Tubers
136. Spreading Tubers
137. Toxic Thorns
138. Launchable Thorns
139. Invisible Bristles
140. Internal Branches

Plant Notes - Weird

1. Inaudible Singing
2. Haunted Roots
3. Internal Teeth
4. Fungal Soul
5. Must Not Be Touched
6. Favoured by Atlas
7. Enraged at Fate
8. Doomed
9. Lost in Time
10. Already Dying
11. Hungry for Stars
12. Thirsting for Glass
13. Howls When Alone
14. Unbound Seeds
15. Rooted in the Beyond
16. Yearning
17. Blood Sap
18. Crimson Spores
19. Infinite Branches
20. Complex Nervous System
21. Partially Skeletal
22. Sees in the Dark
23. Lonely
24. Searching for a Host
25. Nightstalker
26. Sap Binds Permanently
27. Roots can Talk
28. Decentralised Mind
29. Senses Beyond the Soil
30. Longs to be Consumed
31. Can Sense You
32. Lacks Spirit
33. Invasive
34. Searches For The Light
35. Diseased
36. [BREACH POINT]
37. [BOUNDARY FAILURE]
38. [ANOMALOUS]
39. [ITERATION ERROR]
40. [CORRUPTED ENTITY]

Primary Element

This is the main element that the plant will give the player when mined. This element is usually Carbon. Primary Element cannot be viewed in a species's collection logs.

Secondary Element

Some plants will give the player a small amount of a second element when mined. Secondary Element cannot be viewed in a species's collection logs.

Rarity

Note: This information is unverified in the NEXT update.

The upload of discovered flora is rewarded with units depending on rarity.

• Common, 500 Units

Flora types

Most of the flora can be generally classified into six major types:

• "Mushroom" type
• "Bulb flower" type
• "Tree" type
• "Fern" type
• "Coral Fan" type
• "Hazardous" type

Most flora-existent planets have variations of the major types, either in size, shapes, colours or details. Many have variations of the same type on the same planet.

Additional information

• According to original estimates from Sean Murray, life, mainly plants, would be expected on roughly one out of ten planets and larger creatures on one planet in a hundred. This has turned out to be woefully short of reality.
• The plant's properties generation are extracted from the 1.77 version of NMS_UPDATE3_ENGLISH.MBIN game file.
• A template for uploading flora can be found here.
• Due to a bug (probably) on many planets and moons the same name (including properties) is chosen automatically for different flora species. The pattern is always the same: Specific names are given twice (rarely more) and it's always a large (like a tree) and a small kind of plant. This phenomenon is most often seen in lush, frozen and toxic biome planets (moons). Flora species affected by this glitch have been termed Dimorphic Flora.
• Many planets with the Mega Exotic biome contain mega-flora that can be both scanned with the Analysis Visor and harvested with a Mining Beam. Research on this type of flora can be found on the Mega Flora Botanical Research page.

Gallery

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  Two different kinds of trees clumped together on a lush planet.

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  Mushroom shaped trees on a toxic planet.

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  Flora from a radioactive planet.

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  Cactus like flora in place of trees on a desert planet.

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  Evergreen like trees on a freezing planet.