9.2 Scenery: Vegetation
Greenery is a ways off at this writing, although I do have a small patch that's finished. One thing I do plan to do is use bigger trees than what one would ordinarily find on a typical N Scale layout, which are 3-4 inches (40-50 scale feet) tall. Real trees in N Scale would be 6-8 inches (80-100 scale feet) tall, but because the layout is so small, properly-sized trees might look odd, so I'll be striking a happy medium of around 5 inches (65 scale feet).
For the firefly meadow, I sort of cheated: I used a Martin Welberg Type C wild shrubbery sheet (above), which created an instant, one-shot solution.
As the terrain surrounding the field was filled in, I added torn-up bits of Welberg Type B rough meadow to extend the vegetation out to the boundaries of the scene. Then I worked in Welberg grass tufts, miniNatur shrubbery and wildflowers, and Woodland Scenics clump foliage to give these areas variety (above).
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New Hampshire is nothing if not verdant. Green is everywhere: trees will grow on sheer rock faces if they can—sideways, if necessary—while nearly every crack and crevice is populated by weeds and shrubs. And lichens and mosses are abundant.
With respect to trees, New Hampshire is renowned for white paper birch, which can be found sprinkled among mixed deciduous and conifer forests.
And there are some lovely meadows.
I wish I could find some N Scale moose...