I have done tons of tests. Just because I posted one picture, doesn’t mean I only tested once. I work with trees all days long. I am the one who create seasons so I know what I am talking about.
Since you say do more test, name a place in north or south poles that have trees? That’s right, there isn’t one. So the only way to test this is to add trees in those areas, which I did. That’s not called modding. That doesn’t change the behavior of LOD or anything.
If you even read half of the posts after, everyone experience confirms this is true about LOD being tied to LAT.