Vegetation Terrains
Vegetation terrains are used to place precise areas of vegetation onto the landscape. They are typically used to add hedges or areas of woodland with precise boundaries.

Vegetation terrains are mapped onto a landscape surface as a series of polygons or lines. There is no limit on the number of polygons or lines for each terrain. Using the GIS plugins terrain data can be imported into GenesisII from GIS packages such as MapInfo and ArcView.

Vegetation terrains can be combined with ecology terrains - which they always override. Vegetation terrains also allow the surface color and texture to be modified using the same parameters as described for surface terrains.

Vegetation

• Draw Plants: Check box to switch vegetation drawing on/off for this terrain.
• Draw on polygon edge only: Only places vegetation around edge of polygons - often used for hedges/fields on arable land.

Up to four plants may be defined and mixed for each terrain. The following parameters are set individually for each.

• Plant Type: Drop down list of available plant type. Select one or none. Use the Vegetation Editor to add plants.
• Size: Average size for the plant type. Some random variation will added when drawing.
• Density: Average density for the plant type. Some random variation will be added when drawing.