Threadfrost Bush

The threadfrost bush is a plant that can be found in the southern ice caps. Its delicious berries root deep into the ice of their habitat, using aquasynthesis to provide nutrients to the plant.

Anatomy

Threadfrost bushes are known for their thin, grey branches with a lot of forks. They spread across the ground, flat against the ice, and vaguely resemble permafrost in thier crystalline patterns. Its roots dig into the ground from all parts of the plant, reaching to around three to four inches deep. At various points on its branches, berries grow upwards in clusters of three. The berries form in the shape of an extended octahedron, with a divot along the centre. These berries are edible, with a hard shell but an airy, cold inside. They have a small and spiky grey pit in the centre.

Domestication

The threadfrost bush is incredibly easy to domesticate, its spread able to be controlled by simply making grooves in the ice around it, and its berries incredibly easy to spot and distinguish ripeness. The southhunter norrith living in the southern ice caps have domesticated the species, and it is the sole part of their agriculture. As a source of clean fresh water, it does not require any purification - unlike the ice and seawater surrounding them.

Geographic Distribution

• Ice Caps

Blood Fashion

The southhunter norrith have decided it fashionable to attach threadfrost to their arms and necks. The plant is able to use the water in the blood to sustain itself, though the way it roots into its host's arms is rather painful. Once attached, the multiple points in which the plant roots itself make it incredibly difficult, painful, and risky to remove. It is vital to the survival of the host that the spread of the plant is limited with regular trims. This makes neck placements much more risky than arm placements, which can be easily amputated.