Take the 2-minute tour ×  Maps are naturally populated with
trees in a new city location, but I haven't yet found a way to
add trees back to the location without placing parks and other
"buildings".  Should I do my best to build around natural trees?
Do they benefit my city by increasing land value?  share|improve
this question  3 Answers 3  up vote 6 down vote accepted  I do
not yet know whether the forest is anything but cosmetic, but
from the land value map it looks like the trees do not do much
of anything, although in SimCity 4 wild vegetation was an
important tool for increasing desirability.  To plant or cut-
down the forest one needs to select Parks > Nature (§§) then
scroll to the right where they would find the tools for the job,
as seen on the screenshot below.  There is no immediate reaction
to the use of the tool (except for the money leaving one’s
account in an instant, much like EA pre-order), but I suppose it
grows over time (much like Origin’s delivery of pre-ordered
titles on release day). Th