Broadleaf is a type of tree that grows in Westeros. It has leaves that fade from russet and gold into brown[1] or yellow.[2] Its branches are brown.[3]
Broadleafs grow in several regions, including the riverlands,[1] the westerlands,[4] the crownlands,[3] and as far north as the haunted forest near the Fist of the First Men.[2] The westerlands are known for broadleaf forests that teem with game.[4]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Looking at the haunted forest from the Fist of the First Men, Jon Snow sees patches of yellow broadleaf trees that have begun to turn among the forest of mostly green.[2]
A Storm of Swords
Traveling through the riverlands north of Harrenhal after escaping the castle, Arya Stark sees broadleaf trees that have already begun to brown in the forests.[1]
A Feast for Crows
On the road north and east of Rosby, Brienne of Tarth encounters broadleaf trees that have either turned russet and gold or lost their leaves entirely to reveal bare, brown branches.[3]
A Dance with Dragons
As Jon Snow travels to the Weirwood grove in the haunted forest north of Castle Black, he passes bare broadleaf trees with branches draped in icicles.[5]
Quotes
The soldier pines were dressed in somber greens, the broadleafs in russets and faded golds already beginning to brown.[1]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
Only the soldier pines and sentinels still showed green; the broadleaf trees had donned mantles of russet and gold, or else uncloaked themselves to scratch against the sky with branches brown and bare.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 3, Arya I.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 34, Jon IV.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Westerlands.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 35, Jon VII.