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[Hurkyl]

I'm in a good biome, and I have feather trees. If I want more feather trees to grow, should I chop down the trees that are not feather trees?

[Garath]

in principle, yes, though other trees will still grow there too

[Dunamisdeos]

Trees don't grow according to other trees in the area. but that is a really cool thing that you should put in suggestions, if it isn't already there.

[Sutremaine]

True, but if you keep cutting down the trees that aren't feather trees, eventually the area will reach its full growing potential with only feather trees. If 25% trees that grow are feather trees and you cut down the other 75%, the next time all the felled trees will have been replaced ~43% of the total tree cover will be feather trees.

If you want to grow them for their wood and not for their feathery leaves, just clearcut everything. Chop down only the feather trees, and the ones that grow in to fill the gaps won't necessarily be new feather trees.

[oasis789]

Is there any science on tree-spawning and whether it is actually affected by the current map's tree population, or just a fixed rate and distribution?

[i2amroy]

Is there any science on tree-spawning and whether it is actually affected by the current map's tree population, or just a fixed rate and distribution?

It's at a fixed rate up to a certain density, at which point new trees stop growing (or at least have an extremely reduced growing rate).