Forests of Middle Earth

[Southron]

Great page for Middle Earth Forests

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Woo ... tos_albums

[Otaku-sempai]

So, how do you see the forests of the East and South differing from those we've seen (Mirkwood, Fangorn and the Old Forest)?

In The Atlas of Middle-earth the late Karen Wynn Fonstad portrayed the Orocarni (Mountains of the East) and the Wild Woods, where the Elves first awakened in Cuivienen, as surviving into the Third Age--although the Sea of Helcar has receded and all that remains of that once vast body of water is now the Sea of Rhun. I see this as ranging from coniferous woods all the way to temperate rain forest. Further east of the mountains, I imagine exotic hardwoods and bamboo in a region that is warmed by currents from the East Sea and Inner Seas.

The Girdle of Arda (the Equator) crosses the lands of Far Harad. This should be a land of lush forests and jungles separated by wide savannahs. Ridges of hills in the east might mark the vestiges of Tolkien's Yellow Mountains.

Dense jungle and tropical rain forest might be typical of the northern regions of the South Land that separates the Inner Seas from the East Sea. Come to think of it, it is more likely that the Yellow Mountains should be part of this southern continent. Thoughts?

[Mim]

Well, since you ask, I don't see a single thing I disagree with in your response Otaku. Since Tolkien envisioned Middle-earth as a variant of our own prehistoric earth (sorta-kinda ), it stands to reason that your descriptions of both Rhun & Haradwaith fit.

[Glorelendil]

Thanks for posting! I like to share images with my players, particularly in grid-less games like TOR. These are great.