Flora

This article lists plants that are unique to Hökaland.

Brownwood

Exceptionally hard wood. (lol)

Rich

Rich or richtree is a particular tree that contains a sap that is a non-neutonian liquid, making it particularly resistant to axe cuts and saws. The tree and sap also have low-level magical properties. When processed, layers of the stem retains many of these qualities and can be used for a variety of crafts. Dried, the material can also be used as a component in alchemy, especially as it has great attributes to assist other chemical processes.

Generally, the material is used in the layers of the tree, between 2-3mm thick, up to 2m wide and 2-8m tall sheets. Very tall sheets generally has holes from branches, however.

Force Reduction

In order to process the stem sheets into usable material, it needs to be coated 2-3 times with boiled sap. It then stays flexible as somewhat rigid leather, but stiffents entirely when force is introduced.

In practical terms, any bludgeoning, slashing or piercing force is stopped similarly to iron or steel armour, while weighing a lot less. Especially cutting and piercing forces are diverted across the area it hits. Slowly applied piercing force will easily slide through, however.

Hard Sheets

Processed and dried sheets of richtree can be used as thin and very hard pieces of wood, though if enough force is impacted on it, it will be brittle and be entirely ruined. Hard sheets of richtree is quite flammable, almost as much as paper.

Alchemical Reagent

Dried and ground down richtree is frequently used in many different alchemical components. It has a somewhat flammable chemical effect but can also enhance other alchemical effects to do with heat, power, friction, etc. Though somewhat flammable, it is not in itself explosive.

This compound is partly magical, and some of the effects come from the magical essence.

Plant life and processing

The richtree primarily grows close to swamps and mires and relatively quickly. Each year adds a 1-3mm thich layer of the tree and between 30-60cm in height (less after the first few years). Resistant to most cuts and forces and though not outright poisonous definitely inedible to most lifeforms, and mainly left alone. Richtrees gound elsewhere generally never grow larger than large bushes or small trees (up to 2m) and does not have the same thickness or force resistance to the ones found in mires, but it does make it easier for the species as a whole to procreate and multiply. The small trees found outside of mires are generally not worth the hassle to deal with. Though not as hard as richtrees in swamps, it's still a wiry and resistant plant and is usually only removed if the land needs to be cleared for other reasons. The wood is of similar quality to burn as regular wood, but almost useless for anything else.

Because of it's toughness, it's almost impossible to cut down. Branches can be cut down with special purpose cutters, but trees generally are dragged out of the bog with ropes and pulleys. This is also heavy work, but the soft marshlands at least makes it possible.

The trees have their branches cut off and leaves gathered up. All stems and branches are heated in particular

The tree and its branches can be

layers

branches from layers

hard against hits non-neutonian

Cutting slowly though