Copperberry

This big fruit tree grows up to 26 feet (7.9 meters) tall and lives for up to 40 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 80 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has a wide, straight trunk covered in knobbly, pine-coloured bark, and inside, the very hard wood is yellow-brown.

The numerous branches are short stubs and are covered with large amounts of miniature, circular leaves with smooth edges. The leaves themselves are slate at the bottom and copper with peach edges at the top.

In early spring, it produces handfuls of large, deep yellow blossoms with circular petals with a tube-like floral cup. They are very delicate and have a mildly strong scent that smells like grass cuttings.

In late autumn it produces large, long, straight fruit. The crispy brown skin is peel-able and inedible, and the soft lilac flesh is bitter and powdery. The grey seeds are tiny and are bunched at the bottom of the fruit.

The roots are fine and grow in a large web, and overall the tree is rigid and weak, and breaks apart easily.

Forests of this species feature the trees packed together, with the space between them filled with thick undergrowth.