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Shalebark is widely used in landscaping across Roshar. Gardeners shape it by filing it down and can paint it with a sap to encourage it to grow in particular directions.{{book ref|sa1|i|4}} It is used to line paths{{book ref|sa2|50}} and to form walls. In [[Kharbranth]], there is a hedge maze where the hedges are formed of shalebark.{{book ref|sa1|39}} It grows relatively slowly, so it can take years to cultivate large ridges.{{book ref|sa2|50}}
 
== Known Varieties ==
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* Plated Stone - grows in thin round sections that stack similarly to plates in a cupboard. The stone-like part is a bluish color and it has yellow tendrils that grow from pores in the "rims" of the "plates".{{book ref|sa1|39}}
* Hand shaped shalebark with finger-like protrusions growing from a central knob. This is found in the gardens in Kharbranth{{book ref|sa1|39}} and growing wild in the chasms of the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa2|69}}
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* {{quote|Clusters of a bulbous variety of shalebark grew along the inside, bursting with a variety of bright colors. Oranges, reds, yellows and blues. Some outcroppings looked like heaps of clothing, with folds spread like fans, others grew out like horns. Most had tendril like threads that waved in the wind. |Description of shalebark on Roshone's Estate{{book ref|sa1|37}}}}
*{{quote|To their right, a twisting length of yellow shalebark rose to waist height, like a railing. The stonelike plant was overgrown by small bunches of [[hasper|haspers]] with pearly shells, slowly opening and closing as they breathed.|Shalebark cultivated by Elhokar's gardeners{{book ref|sa2|64}}}}
|Description of shalebark on Roshone's Estate{{book ref|sa1|37}}
*{{quote|[The king's Gallery of Maps] was shaped like a long loaf of Thaylen bread, and had large skylights in the ceiling, allowing the sun to shine down on handsome formations of shalebark. Dalinar passed one of these, pinks and vibrant greens and blues growing in a gnarled pattern as high as his shoulder.|Shalebark growing inside a [[Soulcasting|Soulcast]] building on the Shattered Plains{{book ref|sa1|24}}}}
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*{{quote|To their right, a twisting length of yellow shalebark rose to waist height, like a railing. The stonelike plant was overgrown by small bunches of [[hasper|haspers]] with pearly shells, slowly opening and closing as they breathed.|Shalebark cultivated by Elhokar's gardeners{{book ref|sa2|64}}}}
ShalebarkClean.png | Shalebark varieties by [[User:KalynaAnne]]
|Shalebark cultivated by Elhokar's gardeners{{book ref|sa2|64}}
Roshar garden.jpg | Elhokar's palace garden containing shalebark and [[rockbud]] by [[User: Sheep]]
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*{{quote|[The king's Gallery of Maps] was shaped like a long loaf of Thaylen bread, and had large skylights in the ceiling, allowing the sun to shine down on handsome formations of shalebark. Dalinar passed one of these, pinks and vibrant greens and blues growing in a gnarled pattern as high as his shoulder.|Shalebark growing inside a [[Soulcasting|Soulcast]] building on the Shattered Plains{{book ref|sa1|24}}}}
|Shalebark growing inside a [[Soulcasting|Soulcast]] building on the Shattered Plains{{book ref|sa1|24}}
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