40d Talk:Tree

So what's the deal with named trees near elf settlements? They seem to stop a short distance from the location of the closest elf. I think I accidentally cut one down, but the elves haven't responded. Dolohov 10:48, 12 November 2007 (EST)

Underground tree farm

Well, out of fear of goblin ambushes... and many dead dwarfs later. I decided to make my very own tree farm. Ive got it working, and theres trees growing, but there are rocks all over the place. Do I need to move these rocks to be able to designate these trees to be cut down? I would prefer not to move these 3 or 400 rocks, but what must be done, must be done. --Wafl

You do have to move the rocks. You can use the Designate Dump AutoHotkey script to quickly dump a large area of stone, though. --GreyMario 00:17, 8 April 2008 (EDT)

tower caps require moving water, and can supposedly spawn next to damp wall that fufills that requirement(moving water)– unsigned comment by eerr

Moving water is not necessary. Mud is fine. A damp wall doesn't cut it. VengefulDonut 22:29, 17 August 2008 (EDT)

Okay, this was a bit complex, so bear with me here - I dug out a pit underground, and channeled it out so it extended all the way to the layer that was the surface, BUT left the surface layer untouched. Not just the floor, but the actual layer of soil. Channel around that, and let it collapse all the way down to the pit you created. Roof it over. Muddy it. Trees will grow - http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/207/indoortreeqt8.png. --Xaddak 16:18, 12 October 2008 (EDT)

I noticed after digging a moat, that trees were growing there. Granted that I embarked at a place with a pretty high tree density, I believe that trees only need to be outside/above ground/light/on soil(not sure which combination). Can anyone confirm this? --Sphexx 21:50, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Grow Time

In my current fortress, I've deforested the map. Then after it I dried the pools. This was in summer of 1055. Now is the late spring of 1057 and I have full-grown Mahogany in one of the pools. It matured in less than two years! Need to check this--Dorten 08:27, 15 April 2008 (EDT)

I've verified. The time, needed to grow is 1.5 years, not 3! At Pagebend, my current fort, treefarm was muddied at the late spring of 303, and now it's early winter of 304 and I already have some fully matured tower-caps! Changing article--Dorten

Do items produced from different tree's wood have different value? Are there more valuable trees than others? --DDouble 20:27, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

I'm pretty sure all wood is equally valuable. But different woods have different weights, feather tree wood being extremely light. --Bouchart 21:07, 17 April 2008 (EDT)

Growing trees in soil

I watered my stone in order to get trees to grow, but trees are not growing in my soil. Do I need to water the soil?--Wafl 11:38, 18 April 2008 (EDT)

Trees will not grow inside your fortress, unless you channel out the ceiling. If you want to make wood inside your fort you need to embark on a map with cave river or cave lake. When you discover them all non-smoothed muddied natural floor tiles will have a chance to spawn tower cap sapling. They don't need to be muddied with water from this underground feature, any mud will do. Channeling aboveground river underground won't create trees. To find underground water you can use regional prospector utility, it works very well. --Someone-else 15:15, 4 May 2008 (EDT)

Magma resistance

Trees resist magma like they do resist water. Shouldn't that be included in the article? --Someone-else 15:16, 4 May 2008 (EDT)

Deciduousness

I'm assuming that the "Autumnal" heading in the table was referring to trees whose leaves change colour in the autumn. I've changed the heading to "Deciduous", because as far as I am aware "Autumnal" is used to describe a tree currently undergoing the colour change, rather than a tree which is capable of it. Fun with pedantry! --Raumkraut 22:49, 11 August 2008 (EDT)

Supports

I know it sounds crazy but once in adventure mode I smashed a Wolf onto a tree from the z-level above it. The dead body of the wolf stayed there for until I used the Travel Mode thing. Can anyone back this up? --Hoborobo 03:43, 12 August 2008 (EDT)

Yeah it happens. Trees support objects. --Ikkonoishi 02:02, 5 September 2008 (EDT)

Indeed, I had a dead troll fall on a tree, what a mess. HeWhoIsPale 08:43, 5 September 2008 (EDT)

Would the object in the tree join the wood pile made if the tree was chopped down? Can this be verified? --Stryc9fuego 13:11, 5 September 2008 (EDT)

Yep, when I chopped down the tree my woodcutter was hip deep in troll chunks and ichor-stained clothing. HeWhoIsPale 13:45, 5 September 2008 (EDT)

Default density

As the subject says. What is the default density? It lists several trees as having 'default' density, but I can't find what the default density actually is, anywhere. --Spoggerific 19:57, 27 September 2008 (EDT)

"Greenhouse" Trees

Does an area have to be light, or above ground, to grow normal trees? I've been thinking of making a glass greenhouse to grow a large patch of trees. --Eb 07:16, 21 October 2008 (EDT)

List of trees, each one an article

I added/created articles for each tree in the list. They only redirect to the table, since we don't have a lot of useful info of them yet to create an article. Like that, we remove some red ugly link, and people can link to these tree, in case, someday, they start to have more differences and need an article of their own. --Karl 07:39, 27 January 2009 (EST)

Treehuggers

I just realized that it's been a while, and at least a few version ^{v0.28.181.40d} upgrades, since I've seen those annoying elves complain about my rampant deforestation habits. What percentage of a map's trees do I have to plunder before they start demanding I cap my demand? --FJH 23:13, 4 March 2009 (EST)

Weights

What are the different weights of the wood for each tree? Should those be in the table? I know feather trees are unnaturally light and can be used to produce very light barrels as a result, for instance. --Aquillion 20:59, 10 April 2009 (UTC)