Originally posted by PhotriusPyrelus:

Personally, I explore for the sake of exploring. That said, there's plenty of other resources that incentivize roaming, trees don't really need to be part of that equation. I don't like deforesting the landscape just to have enough wood to build a house. =- \

I felt the same way so I created a separate realm that I can strip mine for rock and de-forest. It looks like Mordor, but my own base looks nice (I built a humongous house 8m above everything else). Just log in and out to switch realms. It's the same trick some use to transport ore bypassing portals.

Also fwiw I have a chest full of beech seeds. Very common, the others less so especially birch.