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minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·4 days agoProbably actually lichen. They can grow without soils and indeed are a precursor to soil. No alien planet without life is going to have soil in it because soil is a living thing.
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoPresumably there would be soil since the scenario envisaged is of them terraforming the planet.
minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoLichen for untold millennia, then we will have enough soil for the mint to take over.
Probably actually lichen. They can grow without soils and indeed are a precursor to soil. No alien planet without life is going to have soil in it because soil is a living thing.
Presumably there would be soil since the scenario envisaged is of them terraforming the planet.
Lichen for untold millennia, then we will have enough soil for the mint to take over.