It pops out randomly everywhere where you can get random events i believe, it's happened to me before, and I'm fairly sure it was in Camelot, not Edgeville.
i think the root just signifies that there is an Evil Tree nearby and is ready to be chopped. might be wrong, have it happen to me all the time around edgeville/camelot and some other random spots throughout the game
i think the root just signifies that there is an Evil Tree nearby and is ready to be chopped. might be wrong, have it happen to me all the time around edgeville/camelot and some other random spots throughout the game