Copperfern

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 3 feet (91.4 cm) tall and lives for around 49 years. It is very susceptible to disease and insect infestation.

It has dozens of stocky, straight stems covered in paper-thin, wrinkled, dark gray bark, and the wood inside is black with white speckles.

The branches are short and thin with dozens of twigs that and are covered with small amounts of tiny, very narrow and elongated, leaves with tattered edges. The leaves themselves are pink and red, resilient and sticky.

It produces hundreds of small, bold orange flowers with 9 teardrop-shaped shaped petals. They are very delicate and have a powerful scent that smells like a damp log. In late winter it forms largecopper aril (seeds with fleshy covers).