dontwakethetrees (she/her)@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIs there a term for a gathering of trees in an open field?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareIs there a term for a gathering of trees in an open field?dontwakethetrees (she/her)@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·8 months agoHow about “copse” (a small group of trees) https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/copse
minus-squaredontwakethetrees (she/her)@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 months agoThanks! I think thats the closest term to what I was thinking of.
minus-squarePrismo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoCopse was my initial thought, but there is also the word Spinney. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/spinney
minus-squareLongpork3@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 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”.