diff --git a/world/src/site2/gen.rs b/world/src/site2/gen.rs
index 6fc0aa7e93..59c5776699 100644
--- a/world/src/site2/gen.rs
+++ b/world/src/site2/gen.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ pub enum Fill {
     Sprite(SpriteKind),
     RotatedSprite(SpriteKind, u8),
     RotatedSpriteWithCfg(SpriteKind, u8, SpriteCfg),
+    ResourceSprite(SpriteKind, u8),
     Block(Block),
     Brick(BlockKind, Rgb<u8>, u8),
     Gradient(util::gradient::Gradient, BlockKind),
@@ -465,16 +466,18 @@ impl Fill {
                 } else {
                     old_block.with_sprite(*sprite)
                 }),
-                Fill::RotatedSprite(sprite, ori) => Some(if old_block.is_filled() {
-                    Block::air(*sprite)
-                        .with_ori(*ori)
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|| Block::air(*sprite))
-                } else {
-                    old_block
-                        .with_sprite(*sprite)
-                        .with_ori(*ori)
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|| old_block.with_sprite(*sprite))
-                }),
+                Fill::RotatedSprite(sprite, ori) | Fill::ResourceSprite(sprite, ori) => {
+                    Some(if old_block.is_filled() {
+                        Block::air(*sprite)
+                            .with_ori(*ori)
+                            .unwrap_or_else(|| Block::air(*sprite))
+                    } else {
+                        old_block
+                            .with_sprite(*sprite)
+                            .with_ori(*ori)
+                            .unwrap_or_else(|| old_block.with_sprite(*sprite))
+                    })
+                },
                 Fill::RotatedSpriteWithCfg(sprite, ori, cfg) => Some({
                     *sprite_cfg = Some(cfg.clone());
                     if old_block.is_filled() {
@@ -1085,6 +1088,17 @@ impl Painter {
         .fill(Fill::RotatedSpriteWithCfg(sprite, ori, cfg))
     }
 
+    /// Places a sprite at the provided location with the provided orientation
+    /// which will be tracked by rtsim nature if the sprite has an associated
+    /// [`ChunkResource`].
+    pub fn resource_sprite(&self, pos: Vec3<i32>, sprite: SpriteKind, ori: u8) {
+        self.aabb(Aabb {
+            min: pos,
+            max: pos + 1,
+        })
+        .fill(Fill::ResourceSprite(sprite, ori))
+    }
+
     /// Returns a `PrimitiveRef` of the largest pyramid with a slope of 1 that
     /// fits in the provided Aabb.
     pub fn pyramid(&self, aabb: Aabb<i32>) -> PrimitiveRef {
diff --git a/world/src/site2/mod.rs b/world/src/site2/mod.rs
index 874d87ac91..fd7cf5c2d1 100644
--- a/world/src/site2/mod.rs
+++ b/world/src/site2/mod.rs
@@ -1656,7 +1656,8 @@ impl Site {
                                 let pos = Vec3::new(x, y, z);
 
                                 let mut sprite_cfg = None;
-                                canvas.map(pos, |block| {
+
+                                let map = |block| {
                                     let current_block = fill.sample_at(
                                         &prim_tree,
                                         prim,
@@ -1671,7 +1672,13 @@ impl Site {
                                     }
                                     last_block = current_block;
                                     current_block.unwrap_or(block)
-                                });
+                                };
+
+                                match fill {
+                                    Fill::ResourceSprite { .. } => canvas.map_resource(pos, map),
+                                    _ => canvas.map(pos, map),
+                                };
+
                                 if let Some(sprite_cfg) = sprite_cfg {
                                     canvas.set_sprite_cfg(pos, sprite_cfg);
                                 }
diff --git a/world/src/site2/plot/giant_tree.rs b/world/src/site2/plot/giant_tree.rs
index e6aa5c832b..96327fb862 100644
--- a/world/src/site2/plot/giant_tree.rs
+++ b/world/src/site2/plot/giant_tree.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ impl Structure for GiantTree {
             light,
             fast_noise.get((self.wpos.map(|e| e as f64) * 0.05) * 0.5 + 0.5),
         );
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         self.tree.walk(|branch, parent| {
             let aabr = Aabr {
                 min: self.wpos.xy() + branch.get_aabb().min.xy().as_(),
@@ -130,8 +131,9 @@ impl Structure for GiantTree {
                     let displacement =
                         (branch_direction * branch.get_leaf_radius()).map(|e| e.round() as i32);
                     let pos = self.wpos + branch_end.as_() + displacement;
-                    if rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..100) < 7 {
-                        painter.sprite(pos.map(|e| e), SpriteKind::Ironwood);
+                    if rng.gen_bool(0.07) {
+                        let ori = rng.gen_range(0..=3) * 2;
+                        painter.resource_sprite(pos, SpriteKind::Ironwood, ori);
                     }
                 }
                 true