Hazel

This modest-sized shrub grows up to 2 feet (61.0 cm) tall and lives for decades, with the oldest known specimen being around 111 years old. It is very resistant to destructive insect infestation but susceptible to disease.

It has dozens of flexible, wonky stems covered in smooth, light gray bark, and the wood inside is pine-coloured.

The branches are very short and thin with dozens of twigs that and are covered with very large amounts of miniature, very narrow and elongated, leaves with irregular edges. The leaves themselves are dark yellow at the bottom and hazel with cream dots at the top, frail and covered in fine hairs.

It produces dozens of small, light grey flowers with needle-like petals. They detach easily and have a strong scent that smells like rotten meat. In early winter it forms giantgreen, winged seeds that spin and fall nearby.