Answer:
Face with a tree skin like the sea. A great beast I am. Yet vermin frightens me.
I am flora not fauna. I am foliage not trees. I am shrubbery not grass.
What has one eye but cannot see?
I touch the Earth, I touch the sky, but if I touch you, you’ll likely die. What am I?
A thousand wheels but move I do not. Call me what I am call me a lot.
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.