Copperberry

This short fruit tree grows up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall and lives for up to 25 years, with the oldest known specimen being around 63 years old. It is very resistant to disease but is susceptible to destructive insect infestation.

It has a stocky, straight trunk covered in thin, smooth, white with black speckled bark, and inside, the very hard wood is yellow-brown.

The small clumps of branches are very short and thin and are covered with copious amounts of large, circular leaves with irregular edges. The leaves themselves are either washed-out blue or green, with copper edges.

In early spring, it produces bunches of small, red blossoms with fan-like petals. They are hardy and have a weak scent that smells like something putrid.

In late summer it produces , oval fruit. The crispy brown skin is thick and bitter and salty, and the soft grey flesh is bitter and syrupy. The yellow seed is large and sits at the end of the fruit.

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

Forests of this species feature well-spaced trees, with the space between them filled with thick undergrowth.