The bowtruckles typical habitat consists of West of England, Southern Germany, and certain Scandinavian forests. Bowtruckles inhabit wand wood trees and protect the precious wood from harm. They have long, sharp fingers and natural camouflage which makes them the perfect guardians for our main source of magic. It appears to be made of bark and twigs with two brown eyes which makes it hard to distinguish from the trees it inhabits.

Bowtruckles have a maximum height of eight inches, they're made of bark and twigs with two small brown eyes which helps with their camouflage. The twig-like fingers are well adapted for digging out woodlice in trees and can also be used as a weapon against a foe when aimed at the eyes.

A group of bowtruckles is called a branch.