Chokevine

Chokevines are a type of plant native to Fiven that has a habit of climbing structures or other plants using runners sent out from the main trunk that resembles thin, bird-like feathers.
There are two major types of chokevine, the brass, and the silver chokevines. Coloration is entirely dependent upon the geographical environment the plant is in. Chokevines found in the Balelands and northern regions have a brass coloration like the metal alloy. Southern chokevines - found in the Sourthern Spires or even further south - have a silver metallic sheen.
The plant is a moderate to fast-growing species that often destroys plants it uses as a 'climbing host' through constriction. However, the name doesn't come from what it does to trees or other plants the chokevine uses as support. The name comes from the species particular form of nourishment.

Reproduction

Aside from the runners, the plant has a three-tongued flower that produces a sweet lemon scent. The flowers are self-pollinating and produce small berry clusters that contain seeds. This is the main method of reproduction for the vine.

Diet and Dietary Habits

Chokevines are a carnivorous plant, taking many of their nutrients from consuming insects and other arthropods. The species is an ambush hunter, growing along trees or other tall surfaces that are inviting surfaces that its prey would land on. The runners are both trigger and trap mechanism.
Once an arthropod comes into contact with the feathery runners, the vine doesn't react at first. It only makes its move once the prey has moved halfway along a runner. That allows the plant a better opportunity to sense that it has a prey worth capture.
When it moves to capture prey, the feathery runners exude a glue-like gel that immediately sticks to the arthropod. As the prey seeks to move away, the runners curl in and quickly close around the prey, trapping it in a tight cocoon.
Once caught, the prey is bound tight to the vine. Then the chokevine merges with the prey, integrating its digestive system in with its own, both digesting the prey and borrowing the prey to aid in digestion of other captured prey over a slow period.