Re: Forests and wildlands in Heortland, Sartar, Tarsh

From: valkoharja <rintasaa_at_DqLIuMnxe9UIceCm5W_q34Wq1AJ0K6n_RXopSCYl6ktlasdvl20qx1RY6vYBdZQx_g2>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 21:34:48 -0000

That got a smile :)  

> >So how much forest is there to be seen when you travel in these
> >barbarian lands? Is Dragon Pass basically covered by old growth forest
> >into which the tulas have been cleared, or has the recent human
> >inhabitation already turned the place into something like modern
> >Scotland, Wales or New Zeland, rolling hills covered in grass with
> >hardly a tree in sight.
>
> Surely it's neither.
>
> Dragon Pass has been occupied for centuries. Right before a gap, it
> was attacked by dragons, known for breathing fire. So there's really
> not huge expanses of old growth left. (I think Tarndisi's Grove is
> one exception.)

I may have been speaking biologist / enviromenta activist language there. A forest that is 100-200v old is usually concidered Old Growth forest. Anyway, that's what I meant, not an elf wood that an axe has not touched since the Dawn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_growth_forest

  -Adept            

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