#done finally

FINALLY I DRAW THE BLUECOP AS SUPERMAN/SUPERHERO

Casual it's his cop suit, and his hero suits(Original,Trinity and W) cuz it's inspired Superman suit

his powers is look like Kryptonian powers(superman)

[There will be a map here eventually]

Putting this together because I need a reference for the most common plants and animals in an area. There will be one of these for each territory around the lake.

Like some of my other lists, these will evolve with time as I add foliage that can and should be here. I started with trees and large shrubs; I'll work down to bushes, flowers, and mosses as time goes on!

HISTORY OF THUNDERCLAN TERRITORY

Almost a hundred years ago, humans started destroying the ancestral home of the ancient "Lake Cats," and dug into the nearby slope for brownstone. The logging and quarrying caused such devastation that the Lake Cats started infighting, and fled.

What-is-now ThunderClan territory was the center of those operations.

The humans have gone, but scars remain. Their abandoned quarry is a deep gouge in the earth, and to the north, the dilapidated worker's quarters is rotting away. They cleared over half of the old-growth forest, and only recently has the territory started to truly recover.

Ecological Profile

The soil is generally well-drained and loamy. The nearby slope gave access to higher-altitude plants which do well on rocky soil; until SkyClan's return, where they were given the hill. It also has a very unique patch of old growth forest.

-Beech Patch Just north of ThunderClan camp, stretching to the west until it touches the "Abandoned Twolegplace." Planted by quarry workers; beech does not spread well without human intervention in this climate. The older trees here are 90-ish.

Tree species: Beech, understory is yew and holly, fruit trees (Apple, Plum, Cherry), a few examples of Horse Chestnut.

-Young Patch Directly west of ThunderClan Camp. This is the deforested area that was logged away... but is recovering now. Sparse in comparison to the Ancient Patch, thick in comparison to the trees in every other woodland around the lake. These are young trees; the "elder" oaks are only 60 (reminder; oaks can live to be 1,000).

Tree species: Silver birch, young oak and ash, fruit trees like plum and apple, hazel, elder, sycamore, holly bushes, occasional sloe (which enjoys sparse wood full sunlight), some elm, some hawthorn

-Ancient Patch To the south of the territory is an old-growth forest. It is only a small remnant of a woodland that used to stretch for miles and surround almost the entire Lake. Some trees here are coppiced-- intentionally cut in a way where they grow multiple trunks off the same root. By who?

Tree species: Primarily oak and ash, pockets of checker tree, understory is mostly hazel, serviceberry to the east, spindle grows on the edges, sparse holly bushes, occasional english elm, occasional hawthorn, occasional birch, occasional hornbeams.

-WindClan Strip Just beyond the Ancient Patch but right before the dry gorge, south of the last spindle trees, is open grassland. Field maples grow here and just beyond the gorge, unbothered by other trees. WindClan often becomes aggressive to any cat who steps out of the forest here.

Tree species: Famously only field maples, with the occasional sloe who doesn't read the room.

-Roadwork Pathways Where humans used to drag quarry waste and transport felled trees; slowly being reclaimed by nature, but currently works as sparse, full-sun woodland.

Tree species: Wayfairing tree, elm, sloe, hawthorn some isolated fruit trees, especially plum (from discarded seeds) and cherry (likes full sun).

The SkyClan Patch Far to the north of the territory. Mixed conifer woodland with many trees planted for future logging purposes, but since abandoned. ThunderClan and ShadowClan used to battle over this patch, but since SkyClan's arrival it's been more contested than ever. Humans occasionally come in and cut something down but there is no dedicated mill.

Tree species: Four conifers; Spruce, fir, cedar, and larch. Hardy trees like dogwood, both types of birch (downy/silver), yew, and buckthorn are nestled in. Oak, elder, and fruit trees are working on infiltrating but haven't gotten DEEP yet; just enough to be tantalizing to ThunderClan.

-Moonhill Slope The incline that leads up to the top of the cliff behind ThunderClan camp. Has a lot of high-altitude species that prefer rocky soil. Was uncontested ThunderClan territory before SkyClan arrived.

Tree species: Rowan, Scot's Pine, juniper, rock whitebeam, wych elm

-Wet Space Near the ShadowClan river, the islets, and the lakeshore. This soil has "poor drainage" and is somewhat boggy.

Tree species: Alder, downy birch, silver birch, bay willow, black poplar.

Poor Soils: Buckthorn, Dogwood, Downy Birch, Silver Birch

Last updated: 2/7/2023

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Further notes: Trivia, cool things I learned, and things I'm thinking about, in case you wanted to learn some more cool things

Species list: Common name + scientific name, just for reference.