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No trees at all on any of these photos, except for one photo which seems to be part of a garden (and maybe it is only larger bushes). I would feel very depresse
by Gys 1y ago
No trees at all on any of these photos, except for one photo which seems to be part of a garden (and maybe it is only larger bushes). I would feel very depressed by that alone.
- handzhiev 1y agoIt's too windy for trees there, similarly to large parts of Iceland. People could probably plant trees that are not high - I don't know what species will feel good in this climate though.
- mcbobgorge 1y agoThere are a few sheltered spots on the islands with manmade 'forests' like Kunoy Park.
- guax 1y agoWhile I was there I did some search around and it seems that the wind, weather and soil is just part of it. The largest reason is sheep. They'll eat any tree before it has any chance of growing. So you get naturally sparse growth already, add the sheep, you get grass everywhere. Which makes everywhere very walkable and surreal at the same time. Plenty of trees on cities and gardens.
- Electricniko 1y agoBoth the Faroes and Iceland had trees before the vikings arrived and deforested the land, with birch being the most predominant species. But yeah, the wind makes it hard to bring a forest back once it's gone. The rewilding youtube channel Mossy Earth just released a video a couple days ago on their efforts to bring back some birch forests in Iceland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-pT56a5ZUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-pT56a5ZUc
- chermi 1y agoWas it just for fuel? I don't imagine birch being sufficiently large for shipbuilding. Were there larger diameter trees?
- Electricniko 1y agoFuel and settlement activity (shelter, fencing, farmland, etc), I don't think there would have been much wood worthy of shipbuilding, at least compared to their traditional ships.
- bazoom42 1y agoIt is not the wind, it is the sheep which eat the trees before the grow big. Trees grow in some gardens and parks, so it is possible.
- NelsonMinar 1y agoThere are almost no trees. It's one of the most striking things about the landscape and has its own beauty. What they have instead is incredibly lush grass. It looks very green and beautiful but quite different from a typical temperate landscape.
- leopld 1y agoThat’s because the sheep graze everywhere and eat sprouting saplings. The only trees are in areas fenced off from the sheep. I agree this is a bit depressing.