Yabun Forest - A Herd of Female Greater Fugamus Grazing Silently
Solturna’s Garden Paradise
Yabun Forest (commonly known and The High Wood) is a montane moist forest that is situated west of the Balandic Mountains. It holds 75 percent of Solturna’s flora species and is the second largest forest on the continent of Orcura. This forest is special because for a small portion of the year it floods and transforms into a wooded lake. The Morae is overwhelmed in late winter and will swell three times its normal size near the heart of Yabun Forest. While this change is very temporary, the plant life in particular has adapted interesting ways to protect themselves from rotting in the waters. Trees in the area grow a viscous coating on their trunks making it almost impossible for water to cause damage during the flood months. The wildlife of the area is accustomed to the change and tend to migrate or ride out the floods.
Yabun Forest is a “cloud forest” in that most of the time the forest is blanketed with a thick fog. The canopy is almost always shrouded in fog and so visibility can be low. The trees in this forest grow quickly but stay short due to the lack of sunlight. Because of the constant presence of so much moisture, there is almost constant rainfall or fog drip, where fog condenses on tree leaves and drips down to the ground.
