Silverpine

This small tree grows up to 2 meters (6.6 feet) tall and lives for centuries, with the oldest known specimen being around 212 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has a slender, curved trunk covered in fine, cracked, yellow-brown bark, and inside, the flexible wood is black.

The branches are long, thin and wispy, with hundreds of twigs covered with large amounts of miniature, silver needles. The needles themselves are robust.

In late summer it produces medium-sized, olive berries.

The roots are thick and spread across the surface, as well as underground, and overall the tree is rigid and weak, and breaks apart easily.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together, with patches of undergrowth between them.