I was going through a trail in Southern Oregon when I recognized a couple of certain bushes with orange bark and pale green leaves the size of a half dollar coin:
There where loads of them, I only carried as many as I could in my arms and having to walk a couple of miles. Next time I go, I will take a couple of thick branches and some more end pieces. The ones who are orange-brown are ones I ripped off a live tree and plucked the leaves off it, I heard they need to dry for a couple of months before they are soaked. However the black ones are ones I found already dead and dries, all I need to do is sand it, soak it and put it in my tank.
Just in case you haven't seen it in its raw form, this is Manzanita.
There where loads of them, I only carried as many as I could in my arms and having to walk a couple of miles. Next time I go, I will take a couple of thick branches and some more end pieces. The ones who are orange-brown are ones I ripped off a live tree and plucked the leaves off it, I heard they need to dry for a couple of months before they are soaked. However the black ones are ones I found already dead and dries, all I need to do is sand it, soak it and put it in my tank.
Just in case you haven't seen it in its raw form, this is Manzanita.