drunken trees

Noun

plural plural-only

(forestry) (A stand of) trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment, especially due to thermokarst.

Japanese Meaning

（森林学用語）熱融解などにより、本来垂直に立つべき樹木が傾いた、あるいは曲がった状態になっている樹木群

On the coastal tundra, the permafrost thaw left bands of drunken trees leaning at strange angles.

沿岸ツンドラでは永久凍土の融解が進み、サーモカーストにより本来の鉛直位置から傾いた樹木の帯が奇妙な角度で立ち並んでいた。

Sense（1）

(forestry) (A stand of) trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment, especially due to thermokarst.

Drunken trees leaning in random directions are often found in spruce forests where discontinuous permafrost has melted.