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|Introduction=Payalwa’s landscape supports a distinctive range of flora and fauna adapted to its temperate marshy lowland conditions.
|Introduction=The plants and animals of [[Balúrail]] are adapted to its long, cold winters and, in the [[Western Lowlands]], to waterlogged ground. The lowlands are dominated by peat bogs, swamps and light forest, and the [[Eastern Highlands]] by boreal forest on the foothills of the [[Mazissage Mountains]]. This page lists some of the more distinctive plants and animals of the region.
|Flora==== Western Lowlands ===
|Flora=
[[Velharrama]] - A shrub that is known for it's bright red berries. The berries release a sweet smell and eating them is known to allow the eater to experience a vivid a story. Storytellers thus use the berries to generate new ideas or remember old tales.  
{{further|List of Flora and Fauna of Balúrail}}
 
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[[Brumerva]] - A pale marsh fern whose leaves are often used in teas and poultices.
Image:Binua_Tree.jpg|[[Balúrail Pine]] <br /> The most common tree in Balúrail, found throughout the lowlands and highlands.
 
Image:Balúrailn Spruce 01.jpg|[[Balúrail Spruce]] <br /> Grows at the edges of the swamps and forms the dense forests of the highlands.
[[Velhudo]] - A mash fungus tied to folktales about silent monks wandering the swampy landscape.  
Image:Allia tree 01.jpg|[[Allia]] <br /> A fir of the higher, cooler slopes of the highlands.
 
Image:Bagava fruit 01.jpg|[[Bagava]] <br /> A fruiting plant of the alpine slopes of the highlands.
[[Avoredo]] - The most common tree in the Western Lowlands in Payalwa.
Image:Ipuimbe_01.jpg|[[Ipuimbe]] <br /> A lowland shrub known for its bright red berries.
Image:Elurbe Illustration 01.jpg|[[Elurbe]] <br /> An edible berry and a food source for the Mifajene.
Image:Talme Illustration 01.jpg|[[Talme]] <br /> An edible swamp berry and a food source for the Mifajene.
Image:Elhos Illustration 01.jpg|[[Elhos]] <br /> A poisonous berry.
Image:Illustration Sendive 01.jpg|[[Sendive]] <br /> A valuable fruit known for its healing properties.
Image:Lumbage01.jpg|[[Lumbage]] <br /> A pale marsh fern whose leaves are used in teas and poultices.
Image:Espivar Illustration 01 .jpg|[[Espivar]] <br /> A saw grass of the open marshes, with blade-like leaves.
Image:Cantuim Illustration 01.jpg|[[Cantuim]] <br /> Singing reeds whose stems produce song-like melodies in the wind.
Image:Belerde Illustration 01.jpg|[[Belerde]] <br /> The common grass of meadows and dry ground.
Image:Sejene Photo 01.jpg|[[Sejene]] <br /> The peat moss that makes up most of the swamps of the Western Lowlands, cut and dried as peat.
Image:Oeimar Illustration 01.jpg|[[Oeimar]] <br /> A lichen that covers the ground of the highland forests and feeds grazing animals in winter.
Image:Fraie Irir 01.jpg|[[Fraie Irir]] <br /> A marsh fungus tied to folktales about silent monks wandering the swamps.
Image:Porondo Illustration 01.jpg|[[Porondo]] <br /> A fungus that grows on the borders of swamps. Its spores can invade a victim and kill them slowly, and it is cultivated for poison.
Image:Uril Illustration 01.jpg|[[Uril]] <br /> A floating lily of the lakes and slow rivers.
Image:Urbilar Illustration 01.jpg|[[Urbilar]] <br /> A floating weed that covers still water.
Image:Ledel Illustration 01.jpg|[[Ledel]] <br /> A large bog plant whose long, sticky tendrils form nets that can trap and digest animals as large as people.
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|Fauna=
{{further|List of Flora and Fauna of Balúrail}}
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Image:Aerbicar_Drawing_01.jpg|[[Aerbicar|Aerbicares]] <br /> Large one-horned herbivores whose wide hooves carry them across marshy peat.
Image:Oeinso 01.jpg|[[Oeinso|Oeinsos]] <br /> Slender, long-legged herbivores found throughout Balúrail and hunted for food.
Image:Preguio Drawing.jpg|[[Preguio|Preguios]] <br /> Rare, territorial herbivores of the highland forests.
Image:Inderso Painting 01.jpg|[[Inderso|Indersos]] <br /> Large, heavy-bodied predators of the highland forests, with shaggy brown fur and powerful claws.
Image:Turfel Painting 01.jpg|[[Turfel|Turfels]] <br /> Grey-furred pack hunters of the swamps, with long muzzles and pointed ears.
Image:Palas Drawing 01.jpg|[[Pallas]] <br /> A fierce mammal of the highland forests.
Image:Sibela Drawing.jpg|[[Sibela|Sibelas]] <br /> Small carnivorous mammals of the highlands.
Image:Zapuso Drawing.jpg|[[Zapuso|Zapusos]] <br /> Small, common rodents.
Image:Lersum Drawing 01.jpg|[[Lersum|Lersuns]] <br /> Large water birds of the swamps that can swim rapidly underwater.
Image:Mozeira Illustration 01.jpg|[[Mozeira|Mozeiras]] <br /> Flat-billed waterbirds of the lakes and swamps.
Image:Falixe Drawing 01.jpg|[[Falixe|Falixes]] <br /> Predatory birds that hunt fish in the lowland lakes and rivers.
Image:Passach Painting.jpg|[[Passach|Passachs]] <br /> Grouse that live in the highland woods.
Image:Gouvie Illustration 01.jpg|[[Gouvie|Gouvies]] <br /> Owls of the highland forests that hunt at night.
Image:Salze Illustration 01.jpg|[[Salze|Salzes]] <br /> Large swimming reptiles of the lakes and rivers, known for leaping from the water.
Image:Urinsue Painting 01.jpg|[[Urinsue|Urinsues]] <br /> Large predatory reptiles of the lakes and rivers, with long, toothed jaws.
Image:Oimãos 01.jpg|[[Oimão|Oimãos]] <br /> Venomous swamp lizards that hunt in groups and have been known to bring down lone travelers.
Image:Puzize Illustration 01.jpg|[[Puzize|Puzizes]] <br /> Frogs of the ponds and swamps, known for their singing.
Image:Lõirue Illustration 01.jpg|[[Lõirue|Lõirues]] <br /> Salamanders of the mud and shallow water of the swamps.
Image:Ivearre Illustration 01.jpg|[[Ivearrê|Ivearrês]] <br /> A common fish of the rivers and lakes, widely caught for food.
Image:Lacutão Illustration 01.jpg|[[Lacutão|Lacutãos]] <br /> A large fish of the deep lakes.
Image:Quelotoxe_Drawing.jpg|[[Quelotoxe|Quelotoxes]] <br /> Huge winged insects, territorial and known to attack people.
Image:Moscano Drawing 01.jpg|[[Moscano|Moscanos]] <br /> Swarming, biting insects of the swamps.
Image:Oilsurga Drawing 01.jpg|[[Oilsurga|Oilsurgas]] <br /> Bloodsucking leeches of the swamps.
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[[category:Payalwa]]
[[Category:Balúrail]]
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