Lace Bush

Lace Bushes are found anywhere that has available space. The fluffy plants are parasitic in nature and can be found latched to most trees and plants. Alien Moss chokes them out, so they tend to congregate in places where the moss cannot reach or thrive.

Cream Beetles find the calcium rich nature of the Lace Bush a delicacy, and will often be found tangled in their fuzzy masses, coiling and chewing on the long strands.

Appearance
The plant is rather small, though they grow in a vining fashion, so they have a tendency to grow in big clumps. Leaves are tiny, green teardrop shaped growths about 2-4 inches (5-10 cm) long. From these leaves come strands that have the ability to grow almost 40 feet (12 m) long! These strands resemble corn silk, and sway beautifully in the wind. They can bend the light and often reflect beautiful rainbow patterns on to the surrounding area.

Lace Bushes near sources of water tend to be lighter in color, with much weaker strands. Those nearer the cliffs or large boulders are often stronger and much more brilliantly green.

Description/Uses:

 * Though they are not super resilient, they do work remarkably well to produce soft silk-like materials.
 * The silk strands are actually nanotubes bearing a super strong adhesive sap. When the strand is twisted it can film up with a super, almost imperceptibly thin covering of this adhesive. As a result, ropes made from lace bush strands is almost twice as resilient as normal rope.
 * It gets stronger when woven with other lace bush strands.
 * When boiled, the calcium in it's makeup can be separated to make a thick 'soup' which is edible, but not very tasty.
 * The calcium soup is good for certain projects.