I know there was a single player mod like this , but is it possible to make plugin that lets makes trees grow near already grown ones so eventually they cover an area over time . On my server I started using the chop tree mod but people have been going crazy with it and clearing entire forest , it isn't a big problem now but I want to stop it before I does get big .
It is definately possible, I would highly request this and am willing to pay $5 USD via paypal for this!
Well my plugin TreeFeller is like ChopTree. And although it doesn't have auto replant yet it is a planned feature. It wont spread trees but it will at least replant the chopped tree.
I just had this idea so I looked everywhere if there was already something like that but I couldn't find it. PERHAPS I'll make this some day. It's a nice addition, I approve of all reality in MC.