Creepvine

The Creepvine is a life Form belonging to the flora category. It is the main type of flora in the Kelp Forest area. By knifing them, the player can acquire Creepvine Samples, which are vital ingredients for making First Aid Kits, and useful for powering Bioreactors.

Some Creepvines grow out harvestable Creepvine Seed Clusters.

Appearance
Creepvines are towering, green, kelp-like plants. They attach to the seabed, with some almost reaching the water's surface.

The central stalk or stipe is surrounded by smaller kelp blades. These blades increase in size and density the closer they are to the surface.

Some Creepvines feature seed clusters about halfway up the stalk, which emit a yellow bioluminescent glow.

Planting
Creepvines can be grown by the player via the Exterior Growbed or double stacked Alien Containment. Both Creepvine Seed Clusters and Creepvine Samples can be planted to grow mature plants.

While planted, Creepvine Seed Clusters produce large Creepvines that have seeds, while Creepvine Samples only grow to be a long, thin, seedless Creepvine.

Data Bank Entry
A kelp species concentrated in large forests, in shallow, sandy waters. Loose roots anchor the plant to the sea floor, from where it grows steadily toward the surface in pursuit of sunlight.

The stem is fibrous and rich in iron, making it both a viable food stuff, and base material for fabrication of textiles such as rope and bandages.

Predators: Hoverfish, Eyeye, Rabbit Ray, Peeper.

Assessment: Vital alien resource - Edible - Medicinal - Construction Applications

Trivia

 * Creepvine very closely resembles the real-life kelps Macrocystis and Nereocystis, in both appearance and ridiculously fast growth rate that Creepvine and kelps share; both Macrocystis  and  Nereocystis can grow as fast as half a meter per day, and reach sizes of up to 80 meters.
 * Though looking somewhat like a normal (albeit, underwater) plant, Creepvine is actually more likely to be an algae similar to Phaeophyceae, the family of algae that encompasses real-life kelp.