Silverfern

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 186 years old. It is very susceptible to disease and insect infestation.

It has many thick, straight stems covered in paper-thin, silky, silver bark, and the wood inside is copper-coloured.

The branches are very short and thin with dozens of twigs that and are covered with copious amounts of miniature, long, narrow, leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are amber at the bottom and black with peach lines at the top, strong and fuzzy.

In mid-summer it produces dozens of tiny, dull blue blossoms with kidney-shaped shaped petals. They detach easily and have a strong scent that smells like vomit.

In late winter tiny long, tapering fruits ripen. The soft hazel skin is stretchy and inedible, and the soft vivid yellow flesh is spicy and dry. The florescent red seed is large and sits at the end of the fruit.