Clinging Hazelfern

This enormous shrub grows up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) tall and lives for around 96 years. It is susceptible to disease and destructive insect infestation.

It has many narrow, straight stems covered in smooth, brown-green bark, and the wood inside is copper-coloured.

The branches are short, rigid and upright with dozens of twigs that and are covered with large amounts of large, very thick, leaves with rounded edges. The leaves themselves are solid brown with hazel splotches, hardy and crispy.

It produces a thick sheet of tiny, slate flowers with 3 flame-shaped shaped petals. They fall easily and have a strong scent that smells like skunk spray. In midwinter it forms medium-sizedbrown, winged seeds that spin and fall nearby.