Constrictor Vine - Plants of Hot Springs Island
Instead of growing
up to seek light, the Constrictor Vine spreads out across the ground as a thick
mat of small, glossy leaves. The plant blooms occasionally with unremarkable
clusters of small green flowers that give way to oblong yellow berries favored
by birds and small animals. While the leaf mat of the Constrictor Vine rarely
reaches more than 10' in diameter its root system can stretch as far as 50'.
The fibrous roots of a Constrictor Vine resemble the pale hair of a drowned
woman, are incredibly strong, and retain much of this strength even after being
harvested and dried. As the roots grow, they wrap themselves around rocks, root
systems, and anything else in their path. When the roots reach ~30' to ~50'
they begin to slowly, yet inexorably constrict back towards the core of the
plant. This constriction has been known to topple whole trees and move many ton
boulders.
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