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Is there a term for a gathering of trees in an open field? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 8 months ago by dontwakethetrees to c/asklemmy

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I’ve been searching for a bit and figured I’d ask y’all.

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[–] lettruthout 76 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How about "copse" (a small group of trees)

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/copse

[–] dontwakethetrees 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I think thats the closest term to what I was thinking of.

[–] Prismo 3 points 8 months ago

Copse was my initial thought, but there is also the word Spinney.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/spinney

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yep, came here to say just that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

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".