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Animation of Tree Development

The Lindenmayer system (L-system) is a popular technique used in the modeling of plants. Common implementations of L-systems incorporate the definition of tree structure into production rules based on observational biological data. These system produces realistic plants, however a changing environment has no affect on results. This paper proposes animating tree growth using an L-system that incorporates internal plant processes and external factors to alter the form of the tree. This allows the generation of trees that interact with their environment based upon biological and physiological processes.