雑木林

Also known as briar patch, brier patch, thickets

thumb|upright=1.5|A thicket of silver birch Betula pendula in [[Saratov Oblast, Russia]] A thicket is a very dense stand of trees or tall shrubs, often dominated by only one or a few species, to the exclusion of all others. They may be formed by species that shed large numbers of highly viable seeds that are able to germinate in the shelter of the maternal plants.