dontwakethetrees (she/her) to Ask Lemmy • 8 months agoIs there a term for a gathering of trees in an open field?message-square41arrow-up175arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareIs there a term for a gathering of trees in an open field?dontwakethetrees (she/her) to Ask Lemmy • 8 months agomessage-square41file-text
minus-squarelettruthoutlinkEnglish76•8 months agoHow about “copse” (a small group of trees) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/copse
minus-squaredontwakethetrees (she/her)OPlink13•8 months agoThanks! I think thats the closest term to what I was thinking of.
minus-square@Prismolink3•8 months agoCopse was my initial thought, but there is also the word Spinney. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/spinney
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agoA copse, as the name suggests, is a stand of trees that have been deliberately coppiced (ie, repeatedly cut near the base so that the rootstock remains alive and generates fresh branches at ground level). A better term might be the more generic “stand”.
How about “copse” (a small group of trees)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/copse
Thanks! I think thats the closest term to what I was thinking of.
Copse was my initial thought, but there is also the word Spinney.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/spinney
Yep, came here to say just that.
A copse, as the name suggests, is a stand of trees that have been deliberately coppiced (ie, repeatedly cut near the base so that the rootstock remains alive and generates fresh branches at ground level).
A better term might be the more generic “stand”.