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Blackbark

Shrub type: Deciduous (Grows upwards by clinging to almost any surface.)

This small shrub grows up to 1 foot (30.5 cm) tall and lives for around 38 years. It is not very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many very thick, wonky stems covered in very thick, knobbly, black with white speckled bark, and the wood inside is yellow-brown.

The branches are very short and thin with hundreds of twigs that and are covered with copious amounts of small, perforated, leaves with serrated edges. The leaves themselves are either cream or grey, with purple streaks, robust and covered in fine hairs.

It produces thick bunches of giant, beige flowers with crescent-shaped shaped petals. They are sturdy and have an overpowering scent that smells like blood. In mid-autumn it forms tinydark green berries.

It aggressively steals nutrients from other large plants (but not each other).
It is suitable for making baskets and the like