Meadowlark Prairie auspicious

she regrets her decision only slightly, despite hobbling on three legs towards teh center of the meadow, moonshadow on her tail. her mother offers the opportunity for more knowledge, and so after a moment of thought, she asks, "why aren't there trees here? does something stop them growing?" she can't see any difference in the ground, save that it's covered in grass and very few of the plants she knows as familiar from the forest floor.