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Copperleaf

Shrub type: Deciduous (Stores water in its leaves)

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 2 feet (61.0 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 127 years old. It is very resistant to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has numerous narrow, twisting stems covered in cracked, light brown bark, and the wood inside is copper-coloured.

The branches are short, rigid and upright that and are covered with large amounts of huge, fan-like, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are found in beige, copper and silver varieties, frail and rough.

It produces thick bunches of small, faded green flowers with perforated petals. They fall easily and have a weak scent that smells like musk. In early summer it forms smallgold, shelled seeds.

Their seeds have hallucinogenic properties.
It is suitable for making paper
It out-competes most other plants for nutrients and light.