Anemonid

The anemonid (Na'vi name: fngapsutxwll meaning "metal-following plant") is one of several carnivorous plants on Pandora that obtains most of its nutrition from other organisms rather than making its own through photosynthesis. The large, flattened meristem at the top of the plant is covered with a sticky, aromatic substance that attracts insects, which are quickly trapped once they land. Digestive enzymes on the plant's surface then break down the insect bodies to obtain nitrogen and other essential elements.

Lichen And Jake — Jake playing with an anemonid

The anemonid is rather unique in another feature -- its roots absorb metals (including unobtanium) from the soil rather than the typical mineral elements needed for plant growth. This gives the plant the ability to move in response to a magnetic field, which was named magnetonasty by the first scientists who studied this behavior. The anemonids will turn and lean toward anyone walking by carrying a metal object.

Research is under way on earth to determine whether anemonids could be used in bio remediation to detoxify soil contaminated with heavy metals, or possibly as a tool for mining. Results have so far been inconclusive.

Trivia[]

Anemonid poster — The different "Anemonid" ("mushroom sticks") in *The Game*

Anemonids appear in the first film shortly after the woodsprites land on Jake Sully and he plays with them.
They have a very different appearance in Avatar: The Game and James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide. In fact, they seem to be called "mushroom sticks" in The Game files so it is unclear if a developer captured the wrong image.
- Their appearance was updated in the book The World of Avatar: A Visual Exploration to match the first film, while Avatar: The Game is no longer considered canon.
- Lichens from Avatar: The Game share the same appearance, suggesting that lichens have been retconned to become anemonids. This is supported by the "Pandora Survival Guide".
- However, the mist shade fungus from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora also shares a very similar appearance with the anemonid, save for the color, yet the fungus has a different name. Frontiers of Pandora is considered canon.
They were added to Fortnite as part of an emote bundle.

Source[]

James Cameron's Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide pg. 115

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Anemonid

Pandoran Flora
Avatar	Anemone Tree • Bean Pod • Beanstalk • Binary Sunshine • Bladder Polyp • Cat Ear • Dapophet • Delta Tree • Direhorse Pitcher Plant • Episoth • Fiddlehead • Fortune Leaf Cane • Goblin Thistle • Helicoradian • Hermit Bud • Hometree • Liana • Magellum • Melon Tree • Omatikaya Hometree • Panopyra • Pitcher • Puffball Tree • Puffer • Shade Leaf Cane • Sol's Delight • Spartan • Spiny Whips • Thistle Bud • Tree of Souls • Tree of Voices • Unidelta Tree • Vein Pod • Warbonnet Fern • Woodsprite
The Way of Water	Airbell • Banshee of Paradise • Chalice Plant • Fantail • Mantis Orchid • Red-Tipped Grass • Scorpion Thistle • Spirit Tree • Starry Doughnut
Fire and Ash
The Game	Ar'lek Seed • Baby Stem • Baja Tickler • Beanstalk Palm • Bloated Stem • Canalyd • Cillaphant • Cycad • Dakteron • Dandetiger • Essence Seed • Eywa's Roots • Fire Weed • Grub Plant • Hookagourd • Howling Pod • Hyneman • Lichen • Lilypad Tree • Lionberry • Mine Pod • Nerve Plant • Organic Door • Pineapple Plant • Potent Fruit • Rainbow Plant • Ravenous Plant • Roosterhead • Spike Plant • Stickyplant • Thorn Wall • Thornspear • Thorny Paw • Tree of Vision • Tulipthorn • Twisted Lily • Vegetal Chest • Willow Tree (plant)
Frontiers of Pandora	Acrid Pod • Archer's Thicket • Aurora Fern • Balloon Grass • Banshee's Tail • Bellsprig • Beluga Flytrap • Billow Tree • Blaze Fruit • Blistering Root • Blood Leaf Bark • Blood Leaf Resin • Blood Leaf Tree • Blood Urchin • Bloom of Echoes • Blue Cloud Moss • Bonethorn • Bow Fern • Braided Crimson Tree • Bruise Moss • Canopy Root • Canyon Bellsprig • Canyon Coiling Sunshine • Canyon Eyethorn • Canyon Lift Vine • Canyon Pine • Canyon Pine Bark • Canyon Pinecone • Canyon Puffball Tree • Canyon Reed • Canyon Thistle • Canyon Vein Pod • Cave Root • Cavemouth Root • Chandelier Bromeliad • Cloud Pine Bark • Cloud Pine Resin • Cloud Pine Tree • Cloud Spitter • Cloud Spitter Seed • Clouded Lily • Coiling Sunshine • Creeping Moss • Crimson Bark • Crimson Rock Orchid • Crimson Tree Resin • Damson Squash • Dark Root • Dawn Fruit • Dawnsheen Tree • Dragon Stalk • Dusk Leaf Tree • Earthy Herbs • Eyethorn • Feather Blade • Feather Blade Seed • Fiery Herbs • Flamingo Orchid • Flare Lichen • Floating Thunderpod • Fog Bloom • Fog Bloom Fiber • Forest Pine • Forest Pine Cone • Forest Seaweed • Fortune's Fruit • Fountain Tree • Fragrant Herbs • Frillstem Cone • Frillstem Tree • Gateway Lily • Harpoon Berry • Harpoon Bush • Heartlands Bellsprig • Heartlands Direhorse Pitcher Plant • Heartlands Feather Blade • Heartlands Fire Seed • Heartlands Flamingo Orchid • Heartlands Reed • Heartlands Sheltering Bushpod • Heartlands Woetree • Hidden Fruit • Hollow Tree Resin • Islet Palm • Kinglor Flower • Kinglor Nesting Tree • Leopard Palm • Lift Vine • Lightning Grass • Lilac Cloud Spitter • Mature Floating Thunderpod • Mature Sunrise Lantern • Mermaid Tail • Mild Herbs • Mist Bloom • Moonwood Tree • Mountain Rose • Murky Waterweed • Night Leaf Tree • Night Sky Moss • Pale Canopy Root • Pale Canyon Reed • Pale Fire Seed • Pale Night Leaf Tree Branch • Pale Pod Fruit • Pale Vine Fiber • Parasol Bush • Patient Elder • Patient Elder Fiber • Patient Elder Resin • Petrified Tree • Plains Root • Plank Epiphyte • Pod Fruit • Poison Breath Spore • Pyrebloom • Ragtrunk Root • Ragtrunk Tree • Rain Thistle • Raindrop Opal • Razor Palm • Rib Plant • Rock Orchid • Sailfin Blossom • Sapphire Blood Leaf Bark • Sapphire Blood Leaf Tree • Scale Bark • Scimitar Palm • Screecher's Reed • Scrubber Moss • Sentinel Fan • Shaded Waterweed • Shadow Spurs • Shell Fruit • Shelter Fruit • Sheltering Bushpod • Shrinkspur • Sick Eyethorn • Silt Reed • Skunk Palm • Sky Rock Moss • Snakewood • Snakewood Cone • Spice Bell • Spineberry Fruit • Spires Greatwood • Spires Greatwood Resin • Spore Root • Stairfoot Bark • Stairfoot Tree • Stormsky Bamboo • Stormsky Bamboo Shoots • Stormsky Resin • Sulphur Pod • Sunflower Gigantus • Sunrise Lantern • Sunset Reed • Tarsyu • Tarsyu Sapling • Trail Moss • Tranquility Bulb • Twisted Scale Tree • Vine Fiber • Water Moon Lily • Whip Leaf • Whisperstalk • Windbent Bark • Windbent Tree • Windbent Tree Root • Windseeker • Yearning Tree • Yoten Nest
Rites of Passage	Celia Fruit Tree • Fire Seed • Spirit Willow • Squid Fruit Tree
Other	Banana Fruit • Bioluminescence • Centipede • Cheadle • Gallery: Flora • Harvesting Fruit • Leaf Pitcher • Lizard Tree • Pandoran Flora • Papa Mantis Tree • Popsicle • Push Fruit Tree • Sari • Scarpaton • Sháo Plant • Snaketree • Spiral • Spore • Sun Lily • Syekalin • Urchin Succulent • Water Lily • Yalna • Yovo Fruit • Zooplantae