Leaning Tree

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Here, the left hand branches are shorter than branches to the right (0.65 against 0.85). The result is a leaning or wind swept tree. One sided growth in nature produces spirals seen in animal horns and sea shells.
The New procedure starts the tree to the left with a 5 degree angle.

To New
  # set default screen, pen and turtle values
  ResetAll SetScreenSize [400 400] HideTurtle
  SetSC Black SetPC Green SetPS 1 PenUp
End

To Tree :Length
  If :Length< 10 [Stop]     # ends recursion if branch length too small
  SetPW :Length/9     # reduce pen width as branch length gets smaller
  SetPC TreeCol :Length     # branch color depends on length
  Forward :Length Left :Angle/2
  Tree :Length*0.65 Right :Angle     # short branch length
  Tree :Length*0.85 Left :Angle/2     # long branch length
  PenUp Back :Length PenDown     # return to starting point
End

To TreeCol :Length
  Make "Green Round 2.5*(100-:Length)     # green depends on length
  Output ( List 255 :Green 0 )     # red set to 255 and blue to 0
End

To Go
  New SetPos [-94 -160] Right 5 PenDown
  Make "Angle 50 Tree 85     # initial angle of 50 shown in red
End

Leaning Tree
Leaning Tree

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