Forest
Grove
noun
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
Since this word is made up of a single kanji it uses the kun'yomi reading. You've already learned this reading with the kanji, though, so you should be able to read this.
スギの林
a cedar forest
ブナの林
a beech forest
ヒノキの林
a Japanese cypress forest
林をぬける
to go through a forest, to finally leave a forest
林をあるく
to walk through a forest
林を出る
to leave a forest
林になる
to become a forest
林に行く
to go to a forest
林に入る
to enter a forest
あの林にはログハウスがたくさんあります。
There are many log houses in that forest.
虫がたくさんいたので、林からは早々に出ましたよ。
I left the forest early as there were a lot of bugs.
竹の林の中で、竹の子が土から出るのを見たんです。
I saw bamboo shoots coming out of the soil in the bamboo forest.