...and it's this technical insight that makes you so valuable! It's my "why not" nature at work again
That said it's a shame that Linden technology does not hire someone just like you to increase the variety of plant life, since apart from the hills and mountains that's what defines the natural world. I suppose we could always just ensure that we're talking on the shore where plant life is limited in RL too! Or perhaps most of the US guys out there are used to palm filled city streets?