Advanced Advice for Ents & Hourns from an Old Huorness
Purpose
To provide some sort of consistency for Ents & Hourns and to avoid the creation of unrealistic, ridiculous or unreasonable characters. A lot of latitude is allowed in this chart perhaps more than Tolkien originally intended. Size is largely governed by type. Smaller measurements on parts such as the canopy is always used on smaller individuals. For example you don’t put a 10 foot canopy on the 12 foot Oak Ent. The result ends up looking pretty dumb. Secondly because of the way an Ent’s weight is distributed with most of his weight in the chest shoulders and arms, he would tend to get blown over with a canopy that size. I know, I’ve tried it on paper! The reverse, however is permissible. The fellow can have a modest canopy if you so choose. Weight distribution is different for Entwives allowing them more greenery on top. Basically the character needs to be designed so that s/he is believable and not subject to getting blown over by the wind. Contained in each section is a brief description of a typical specimen of each semblance. There is plenty of room for variation as long as the member does not get outlandish with it. If your semblance is not on this chart then it is wise to choose a set of dimensions on this chart for your character that would best match the semblance.

Ents and Entwives
General: Build and description - Ents must have two working legs and feet to fit the definition of Ent. They must be able to make Ent strides. Ents can either be of the ‘New Line type’ having modest branches about the shoulders and head on the males or they can be cannon having gray green hair and beards. Entwives will grow considerably more branches and foliage because of their seed and fruit production. Males do not fruit or produce seeds or nuts of any kind. If they did there would not be a need for Entwives!

Ents - 12-50 ft ( appx 3-12 meters) Maximum girth for a tall Ent at the waist 4 ft (1 1/3 meter)
Canopy Spread could be no greater than 4 ft (1 1/3 meter) for small Ents and 15 ft (5 meters) for large Ents. Anything bigger than this is usually found in Huorns, not Ents. Cannon style Ents will not have canopies. They will have gray green hair instead.

Entwives - 7-30 ft (2-8 meters)
Canopy spread can be quite big on Entwives and is hard to control. On an Entwife it can be any were from 7 to 20 ft. (2-7 meters) Entwives often have to deal with fruit, nuts and seeds in their branches since these go with the territory of being female.

Huorns
General: Build - Very tree-like in appearance. Males can be creepy or they can have a lot of personality with nooks and crannies for hiding stuff. Generally they have pleats in their bark than can be used as a weapon or to hide things. They have a single foot like an octopus with 6 to 10 arms typically. Females have a more benign fairer look about them with a symmetrical trunk and a canopy that casts deep shade. Canopies on Huornesses tend to be a lot denser because of their fruiting and mothering role. Huorns are dioecious, the females bearing the fruit, seeds or nuts.

There are two basic kinds of Huorns. Those grown from the seeds of their Huorn parents and those that were Ents or Entwives at one time. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish between the two. Technically any tree like being that has a single foot and looks like a tree is called a Huorn, not an Ent, even though their sap may be Entish in origin. Those of Entish sap are generally going to be less mobile than those born Huorns. Ents turning treelike are going to be sleepy less alert Ents. Some semblances on this chart you may note don’t include Huorns. It either because Huorns have not been found in that semblance or because Huorns of that particular semblance are too big to fit within the guidelines of the Garth.

Huorns - 6-100 ft typically. (2-33 meters) Huorns can be as thick as 15 feet across (3 meters). Canopy spread can be anywhere from 3 ft to an acre. The bigger a Huorn gets the less inclined he or she is to move unless angered. Large Huorns tend to be lazy and messy.

Types of Ents, Entwives and Huorns
Apple, Cherry, Peach, Pear, Apricot, Plum and other fruiting forms.(Found only in the female form)
Entwife - 7-15 ft (2-5 meters) canopy spread up to 15 feet (5 meters) Girth 1 1/3 foot diameter (slightly less than ½ meter) max
Huorness 7-20 ft (2-6½ meters) canopy spread up 20 ft (6½ meters)Girth 2 foot diameter (2/3 meter) max

Currant and other berry producers. (Exists in Entish forms)
Ent- 8-15 ft (2-5 meters) canopy when present 4 ft max (1 meter) Ents do not produce showy flowers but may have the foliage of the semblance. Usually on chest and arms. Most sport the gray green hair on the head and beard. Girth 1 ½ foot diameter (½ meter) max
Entwives 7- 12 ft (2-3 meters) Canopy typically 5-7 feet wide (2 meters) , blooms showy and fruit sweet and copious. Girth 1 1/3 foot diameter (slightly less than ½ meter) max.

Rowan
Ent - 12-22 feet (4-7 meters) Canopy 4-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth 3 feet (1 meter) max. Blooms small and white sprinkled through the foliage.
Entwife - 8-15 feet (3-5 meters) Canopy 6-10 feet (2-3 meters) Girth 2 feet (2/3 meters) max. Entwives bloom profusely and set bright red berries that often attract birds. Foliage lush and stirs at slightest breeze.
Huorn Stag - 12-30 feet (4-10 meters) Canopy 10-20 feet (3-7 meters) wide. Foliage casting a light shade. Blooms a light sprinkling of white. Maximum girth 3 feet (1 meter)
Hourn Hen- 8-20 feet (2-7 meters) Canopy 10- 23 feet (3-8 meters) wide. Maximum Girth 2 feet (2/3 Meter). Foliage lush in habit casting a deeper shade than the stag. Blooms profusely and sets bright red fruits that attracts birds.

Oak
Ent - 15-30 ft (5-10 meters) Canopy 5-10 feet wide (1½-3 meters). Girth - 3 ft (1 meter) max. Usually has leaves instead of hair. Branches grow about the shoulders and head forming a tight canopy.
Entwife - 8-24 ft (2&2/3-8 meters) Canopy 10-20 feet wide (3-7 meters) Girth 3 (1 meter) max. Canopy often round and fluffy. Usually branched to the waist. Oak Entwives are often petite with delicate looking leaves or they can be sturdy. Bears acorns.
Huorn - (Some types get bigger than this. Valley Oaks will be used as a example)
Stag - 10-50ft Canopy 10-40ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max.
Hen 6-50 ft Canopy 3-60ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Tends to drop acorns in late Summer.

Cedar
Ent - 15-30 ft (5-10 meters) Canopy when present 3-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth - 5 ft max (1½ meters) at waist and hips max. The cedar Ent is a sturdily built fellow of a muscular athletic build. Branches on the head are rare. The Cedar usually sports a luxuriant head of gray green locks that fall about the shoulders. Arms and chest are usually covered with twigs and branchlets of the classic horizontal cedar foliage. Older individuals sprout branches about the shoulders.
Entwife - 12-24 ft (4-8 meters) Canopy 7-12 ft (2-3 meters) girth 3 ft (1 meter) Slimmer than her male counterpart, she sports a canopy of vivid green horizontal foliage. She is branched to the waist.
Huorn - 15-50 ft (5-27 meters) Hens smaller than stags. Canopy 10-40 feet ( 3-13 meters) wide. Canopies denser and more spreading on the hens.

Sequoia
Ent - 20-50 ft (7-27 meters) Canopy when present 7 feet (2 meters) wide. Girth 5 feet (2 2/3 meters) max. This is a tall slim looking Ent with dark brownish red bark. He usually looks like a coast Redwood with the horizontally flattened needles. Head covered with a close covering of this foliage. Rest of the foliage is found in the beard, chest arms and upper back. Rarely if ever actually has hair.
Entwife - 15-30 feet (5-10 meters) Canopy 8 feet (2 2/3 meters) wide. Girth 6 feet (2 meters) max. The Entwife has light cinnamon colored bark. She looks more like Sequoia Giganteum, the inland Sequoia. She has the tendency to put on the pounds and add inches to her waistline. Foliage usually has a rather fluffy habit and she is branched to the waist.

Elm
Ent - 12 - 22 feet (4-7 meters) Canopy 4-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth 4 feet (11/3 meter) max. This Ent has rough gray bark. The gray green hair is more common than foliage when the ent is young. As he balds the sun shining on his head causes leaves to grow there and he forms a nice round head of leaves. Elms get leaves in their beards and on their arms.
Entwife - 8-15 feet (3-5 meters) Canopy 6-10 feet (2-3 meters) Girth 2 feet (2/3 meters) max. The Entwife is quite leafy and looks like an Elm tree with legs and a pretty face. She bears copious papery seeds in Summer.
Huorn
Stag - 10 - 50 ft Canopy 10 - 40 ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max. Bears dusty yellow catkins in spring.
Hen - 6 - 50 ft Canopy 3 - 60 ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Drops numerous papery seeds in Summer.

Ash
Ent - 12 - 22 feet (4-7 meters) Canopy 4-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth 4 feet (11/3 meter) max. This Ent has gray to light brown bark broken up into uniform plates. This Ent usually has foliage even from birth. It is found in his beard, head upper back and backs of his arms.
Entwife - 8-15 feet (3-5 meters) Canopy 6-10 feet (2-3 meters) Girth 2 feet (2/3 meters) max. Her bark is smoother than that of the Ent. The Entwife is quite leafy and looks like an Ash tree with legs, a pretty face and large eyes. She tends to look petite and much smaller then the male. Her soft catkins turn into winged seeds in Summer.
Huorn.
Stag - 10 - 50 ft Canopy 10 - 40 ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max. Bears dusty yellow catkins in spring.
Hen - 6 - 50 ft Canopy 3 - 60 ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Bears her own soft catkins that turn into winged seeds.

Poplar
Ent - 15 - 30 ft (5-10 meters) Canopy if present 3-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth - 5 ft max (1 ½ meters) Would bear orange catkins shedding pollen in late Summer. Sketches of him have shown him to be Entlike with gray green locks. One has not been seen in ages. I have never seen one. Maybe Fangorn will see one in the future. That is why I have included him here.
Entwife - 8-24 ft (2 2/3-8 meters) Canopy 7-12 ft (2-3 meters) girth 3 ft (1 meter) max. The poplar’s appearance is highly variable. She can be tree-like with multiple movable limbs or her trunk can be clean all the way to the neck. The canopy is quite leafy. She bears bright orange catkins in late Summer that turn to cottony seeds.

Birch
Ent - 14- 24 feet (5-8 meters) Canopy 4-7 feet (1-2 meters) wide. Girth 4 ft (1 1/3 meter) max. This Ent has glossy little leaves that form the neat canopy over the head in mature individuals. Birches can have a long mossy beard to the knees. The roots of this Ent can be interesting. The hands can be rootlike taking up water and other fluids, only to be squirted out again at an unsuspecting victim! This trait has only been seen in males.
Entwife - 9-20 feet (3-7 meters) Canopy 6-15 feet (2-5 meters) wide. Girth 3 feet ( 1 meter) max. The graceful Birch Entwife is not as common as the Birch Ent. Her lines are slim and her branches embody grace. Her features are fair and her eyes large. Branches are leafy and tend to droop at the ends.

Willow
Ent - 15 - 20 ft (5-7 meters) Canopy 3-10 feet wide (1-3 meters) Girth - 5 ft (1 ½ meters) max. This ent is distinguished by his numerous hanging whips. Willow Ents are almost always of the ‘weeping’ variety. The posture if this Ent can sometimes be stooped. Bears bright yellow catkins that shed their pollen in the spring.
Entwife - 8-18 feet (3-6 meters) Canopy 3-15 feet ( 1-5 meters) wide. Girth 3 feet ( 1 meter) max. A curtain of whips with watchful eyes could best discribe the Entwife upon first glance. Usually, not only does she have branches on her head, she has them all down her back too. She can move them at will, making them seem to move in the wind when there is no wind at all. Bears yellow catkins the turn into cottony seeds in the Spring.
Huorn
Stag - 10-50 ft Canopy 10-40 ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max. Bears yellow catkins in Spring. Roots of this Huorn can be particularly dangerous. He can crush animals as large as a warg with them.
Hen - 6-50 ft Canopy 3-60 ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Yellow catkins in Spring give way to cottony seeds in Summer. The Hen’s whips are dangerous. She makes up for her rather clumsy roots with them. She can strike and kill with her branches.

Mallorn
Ent - 20-50 ft (7-27 meters) Canopy when present 7 feet (2 meters) wide. Girth 5 feet (2 2/3 meters) max. This is a tall slim looking Ent with silver skinlike bark. He usually has the traditional hair, but it is of a golden yellow color rather than gray green. It is soft to the touch and abundant. Mallorn leaves and twigs are scattered over his chest, arms and legs.
Entwife - 15-30 feet (5-10 meters) Canopy 8 feet (2 2/3 meters) wide. Girth 4 feet(1 1/3 meters) max. The Entwife looks like a walking Mallorn tree with glossy foliage and bright golden yellow blooms which resemble bells. Foliage usually has a rather fluffy habit and she is branched to the waist.

Beech
Ent - 15 - 30 ft (5-10 meters) Canopy 5-10 feet wide ( 1 ½ - 3 meters). Girth - 3 ft ( 1 meter) max. Usually has leaves instead of hair. Branches grow about the shoulders and head forming a loose canopy. Bark rather smooth and grayish. Posture usually more upright than most Ents.
Entwife - 8- 24 ft (2 2/3 - 8 meters) Canopy 10-20 feet wide (3-7 meters) Girth 3 (1 meter) max. Canopy often round and fluffy. Usually branched to the waist. Beech Entwives tend to look very slender. Bears triangular nuts in Summer.
Huorn
Stag - 10-50 ft Canopy 10 - 40 ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max.
Hen - 6-50 ft Canopy 3 - 60 ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Tends to drop triangular nuts in late Summer.

Pine
Ent - 15 - 30 ft (5-10 meters) Canopy 3-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth - 4 ft max (1 1/3 meters) at waist and hips max. The Pine Ent is a rough skinned fellow with horny plates of bark skin on his body . Branches on the head are small and covered with needles. This small branches continue down his shoulders back and even his legs like quills and may even continue to his feet. Sometimes Pine Ents have a long gray moss beard. One older Ents the branches become broken off until they remain only on the shoulders. Sometimes those of the head become replaced with the moss hair.
Entwife - 12-24 ft (4-8 meters) Canopy 7-12 ft (2-3 meters) girth 3 ft (1 meter) Slimmer than her male counterpart with smoother bark, she sports a canopy of vivid green needles that are usually softer. She is branched to the waist. Her limbs are more developed than those of the male for carrying pine cones. They don’t usually become broken off with age.
Huorn - 15-50 ft (5-27 meters) Hens smaller than stags. Canopy 10-40 feet ( 3-13 meters) wide. Canopies denser and more spreading on the hens. Hens bear cones.

Maple
Ent - 12 - 22 feet (4-7 meters) Canopy 4-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth 4 feet (11/3 meter) max. This Ent has gray to light brown bark that is smooth when young and broken into strips when older. This Ent usually has foliage even from birth. It is found in his beard, head upper back and backs of his arms.
Entwife - 8-15 feet (3-5 meters) Canopy 6-10 feet (2-3 meters) Girth 2 feet (2/3 meters) max. Her bark is smoother than that of the Ent. The Entwife is quite leafy and looks like an Ash tree with legs, a pretty face and large eyes. She tends to look petite and much smaller then the male. Her red pendulous blooms turn into winged seeds in Summer.
Huorn
Stag - 10 - 50 ft Canopy 10 - 40 ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max. Bears dusty white blooms in spring.
Hen - 6 - 50 ft Canopy 3 - 60 ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Bears her own red blooms that turn into winged seeds.

Holly
Ent - 12 - 22 feet (4-7 meters) Canopy 4-7 feet wide (1-2 meters) Girth 3 feet (1 meter) max. Bark a silver color. Blooms small and white sprinkled through the foliage. Prickly foliage a deep green color, sometimes streaked with silver.
Entwife - 8-15 feet (3-5 meters) Canopy 6-10 feet (2-3 meters) Girth 2 feet (2/3 meters) max. Entwives bloom profusely and set bright red berries. Foliage lush and prickly.
Huorn
Stag - 12 - 30 feet (4-10 meters) Canopy 10-20 feet (3-7 meters) wide. Foliage prickly and a deep green. Blooms a light sprinkling of white. Maximum girth 3 feet (1 meter)
Hen - 8- 20 feet ( 2- 7 meters) Canopy 10- 23 feet (3-8 meters) wide. Maximum Girth 2 feet (2/3 Meter). Foliage dense and prickly. Some Hens are thornless. Blooms profusely and sets bright red fruits.

Chestnut
Ent - 15 - 30 ft (5-10 meters) Canopy 5-10 feet wide ( 1 ½ - 3 meters). Girth - 3 ft ( 1 meter) max. Usually has leaves instead of hair. Branches grow about the shoulders and head forming a loose to medium canopy, according to sketches. I have seen this fellow only on paper. I have yet to meet one.
Entwife - 8- 24 ft (2 2/3 - 8 meters) Canopy 10-20 feet wide (3-7 meters) Girth 3 (1 meter) max. Canopy often round and fluffy. Usually branched to the waist. She looks just like a chestnut tree that walks. She has large pretty eyes. Bears chestnuts in late Summer and fall.
Huorn
Stag - 10 - 50 ft Canopy 10 - 40 ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max.
Hen - 6 - 50 ft Canopy 3 - 60 ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Tends to drop chestnuts in late Summer.

Hickory
Ent - 15 - 30 ft (5-10 meters) Canopy 5-10 feet wide ( 1 ½ - 3 meters). Girth - 3 ft ( 1 meter) max. Usually has leaves instead of hair. Branches grow about the shoulders and head forming a loose to medium canopy. Bark very shaggy and hanging off him in strips.
Entwife - 8- 24 ft (2 2/3 - 8 meters) Canopy 10-20 feet wide (3-7 meters) Girth 3 (1 meter) max. Canopy often round and fluffy. Usually branched to the waist. Some specimens will grow unruly fibers on the head in leu of foliage that look like soft curls. Bark smoother than that of the male and not shaggy. Bears hickory nuts.
Huorn
Stag - 10 - 50 ft Canopy 10 - 40 ft (3-13 meters) Girth 6 ft (2 meters) max. Shaggy bark on the stag.
Hen - 6 - 50 ft Canopy 3 - 60 ft (1-20 meters) Girth 5 ft (1 2/3 meters) max. Tends to drop hickory nuts in late Summer.