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ILLUSTRATION H
Cypress trees (see image to the left) are a vertical tree, dense in foliage but narrow in shape; they have great regular linearity & a strong vertical solidity. They are native to the heartland of the Apollonian world (see map below).
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Pines (see image on the right) conform to the geometric shape of a triangle, a classic shape in plane (Euclidean) geometry.
Deciduous trees like oak, beech or linden possess broad and spreading crowns with a silhouette which reaches out horizontally, branches kinked & snaking outwards. Their shape may be irregular. In groups they often form a loose canopy of entangling branches.
left image—ash tree
right image –linden
bottom—oak forest
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