“I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

These are Specially designed billboard clusters that have some 3D volume to them. Better then your basic flat plane billboard systems! The textures are high-rez enough for close up renders, but not to the point that they tax your system. The materials employed boost the plants look in all lighting.