Flora
When it comes to creating realistic vegetation for your world, you want just enough detail to give your world texture and believability without overwhelming the reader with a bunch of explanations that are not going to serve your plot. To do this, a good rule of thumb is to determine what this plant is doing for your story and then dive into the finer details of its history, purpose, and uses in your world.
USES
Setting
Making your world more tangible will include descriptions of the places your characters inhabit. Think of the way poisonous plants were used for their aesthetics in Michael Crichton’s —that showed the reader that the whole park was focused on the wrong things and foreshadowed its downfall. Likewise, description can be used to create mood
