Clinging Willow

This small tree grows up to 2 meters (6.6 feet) tall and lives for centuries, with the oldest known specimen being around 271 years old. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has a flexible, twisting trunk covered in delicate, rough, brown-green bark, and inside, the flexible wood is pale brown-grey.

The small bunches of branches are tall, rigid and upright and are covered with copious amounts of waxy, huge, asymmetrical leaves with irregular edges. The leaves themselves are peach and lilac.

In late summer it forms small, light brown, spiky-shelled seeds.

The roots grow as a near perfect mirror of the tree above, and overall the tree is sturdy and difficult to uproot.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together, with grassy ground between them.