So that answered the question: the small tree in the center stopped at three sets of branches, its parental figures to either side get five.
Right now they’re on the fourth.
Finishing this was going to be my Aftober project this year (the challenge whereby you finally finish something that’s been needing that last push) but I just might have to use something else for that. But we’ll see.
Hmm. A peregrine falcon soaring above the trees? Or go wider on the wings and make it a California Condor?