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The briarpalms are climbing plants that are especially spread in the umbrella tree forests. In contrary to the slug lianas that require smooth barks to grow on, the briarpalms prefer the rough symbiotic barks of the umbrella trees and some wax plant species. The species that live in savannahs, where they climb on the solitary wax plants, tend to have short stems and a wax coating on their leaves themselves. Briarpalms have a very peculiar growth pattern: the hind end of the body has a tightly-twisted body axis, resulting in the leaves growing in a whorl in a palmtree-like shape. When growing too old, the leaves are shed and regrow in the shape of a hooked thorn, while the axis is greatly extended into a long, thin stem. While the thorns are predominantly for attaching to the host's bark, it has a minor role in defense, but especially the savannah briarpalms tend to have a shorter stem with more tightly-packed thorns to ward off herbivores. The reproduction is tied to tree-dwelling pneumonopteres that ensure the seeds are dropped close to a tree trunk.
Mistlethorn: Mistlethorns parasitize trees with symbiotic barks, which they grow their roots into. While most species gain their nutrients from dissolving the bark they grow in, some will bore into the host's main body to suck fluids.

Description
The briarpalms are climbing plants that are especially spread in the umbrella tree forests. In contrary to the slug lianas that require smooth barks to grow on, the briarpalms prefer the rough symbiotic barks of the umbrella trees and some wax plant species. The species that live in savannahs, where they climb on the solitary wax plants, tend to have short stems and a wax coating on their leaves themselves. Briarpalms have a very peculiar growth pattern: the hind end of the body has a tightly-twisted body axis, resulting in the leaves growing in a whorl in a palmtree-like shape. When growing too old, the leaves are shed and regrow in the shape of a hooked thorn, while the axis is greatly extended into a long, thin stem. While the thorns are predominantly for attaching to the host's bark, it has a minor role in defense, but especially the savannah briarpalms tend to have a shorter stem with more tightly-packed thorns to ward off herbivores. The reproduction is tied to tree-dwelling pneumonopteres that ensure the seeds are dropped close to a tree trunk.
Mistlethorn: Mistlethorns parasitize trees with symbiotic barks, which they grow their roots into. While most species gain their nutrients from dissolving the bark they grow in, some will bore into the host's main body to suck fluids.