Variation 03 · Cellular model

Forest Life

A synchronous model of succession. Every generation, cells respond to habitat, neighbors, and an eastward seed wind.

A small grove is already alive

Watch a forest think

Run the model and a green front will emerge. Click the land at any time to introduce another pioneer grove.

Cells update together: grass becomes saplings, saplings become forest, and forest seeds its neighbors.

Generation0One simultaneous application of the ecology rules.

Living cover0%Share of habitable cells containing vegetation.

Growth frontier06Furthest column reached by the eastward forest wave.