Strachow Forest
Climate
Strachow Forest can be roughly divided into two parts. The northern part is boreal and thickly populated by the well known Sjavar Pine (What we call Scots Pine in real life). The southern part of Strachow Forest is more temperate, and instead more sparsely inhabited by Silver Birches.
In the northern part, the land is very uneven, with hills rolling over the landscape, interrupting the vision one would have from the high fronds of the Sjavar Pine. Among these hills large rocks pertrude, and many are the smaller caves existing here, some inhabited by animals, some empty, and some home to more dangerous creatures. During winter, these pines are often clad in snow, and the small valleys between hills are often filled with a thick layer of snow. During especially snowy winters, many caves are hidden away, their entrances blocked by snow.
In the south, the land becomes flatter, and more similar to the flat Brask Lands to the east. The trees here grow with space between one another, instead sprawling out with many branches sticking out wildly. From early summer/late spring, to early autumn these trees carry beatiful green leaves, that make it impossible to see far ahead, despite the relatively flat terrain. In autumn these leaves turn orange and red, and begin to drop, covering the land in leaves. As autumn turnes to winter, these leaves become covered in frost, and the trees lose all their foliage, standing barren. During winter, one can see very far as the land is clear, and flat.
The forest is not divided equally between the northern and southern part though, instead the so called northern part reaches from beyond The River Dawn all the way down to Mount Strachow, only begining to shift a mile or two north of the mountain. This means that nearly all of the forest is covered by Sjavar Pine, and the rolling hills, dotted with smaller caves.
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