I’ve been searching for a bit and figured I’d ask y’all.
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.
It would depend exactly how big/substantial this ‘gathering’ is, but I could imagine that “Grove”, “Stand” or “Thicket” might be appropriate.
They aren’t exclusive to your definition, but could be applicable.
Grove and thicket are the only two I’ve ever actually heard. I’d go with grove.
Copse
I agree with others saying copse, as being my first thought as well, but I’m really commenting to say I love the imagery the description, “a gathering of trees” produces.
Yeah, it makes it sound like the trees are getting together because they’re planning something - improving the world maybe.
Ent moot
A grove
Totally pointless tangent: looking up “copse” on the Galnet translation dictionary (free, offline, fdroid) the Deutsch word is dickicht
…totally appropriate loanword to steal IMO. Adventure… linguistically!
Sounds similar to the English word thicket.
Fun fact: when you see a copse of trees like that, there’s a chance there’s an old graveyard there. Not always, of course. Sometimes they are left as a windbreak, and other reasons.
A stand, group, troop, copse or grove depending on the specifics.
A copse
Spinney is a nice word for a smallish gathering of trees, alongside copse, coppice, etc. I’m not aware of a term for one specifically in an open field, though.
A cluster?
A clump.
