> Any suggestions would be helpful.

For one, try Arbaro to generate just a handful of mesh2-trees:

http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/

Then (shameless plug, I know) you might want to have a look at my
Surcoat-Macros to automate the placement of the trees.

http://www.nolights.de/download.html#surcoat

But, if you want to do it yourself, you could simply use trace() to sample a
heightfield and thus gather positions for your trees, though you'd have to
take care not to place them too closely.

Mesh2-objects are only saved once to the memory, and then instanced,
requiring just a few dozens bytes to place the same tree again. With a
handful of trees, rotated about the y-axis, it is virtually impossible to
tell them apart, unless they have obvious flaws (like a single, thick branch
or such).

There's also a thread that might be of interest to you:

http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C43236855%40news.povray.org%3E/?ttop=218917&toff=50

Regards,
Tim

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"Tim Nikias v2.0"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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