Cutting or pruning trees & shrubs to ground level to produce new, vigorous growth
A form of woodland management where trees (e g hazel) are cut regularly on a cycle to promote growth from their bases Products that may be harvested from a coppice include wooden poles or materials for hurdle or fence making
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse
It was also enacted that all coppices or underwoods should be enclosed for periods of from four to seven years after felling.
To coppice trees or bushes means to cut off parts of them, in order to make them look more attractive or to make it easier to obtain wood from them. It is best to coppice the trees in the winter before the sap rises. extensive oak woods with coppiced hazel and sweet chestnut. areas where coppicing of hawthorn and hazel occurs. a copse. to cut a tree down so that useful new wood will grow from the bottom
Coppice is a traditional management technique utilising the re-growth from the cut stumps (stools) of certain broadleaved trees As a system of woodland management this involves the repeated cutting on a short rotation basis of between 5 and 20 years, the length of rotation being determined by the end product The technique may yield an abundance of straight poles, bumper harvests of fruit or nuts or simply large quantities of fire wood for charcoal production, cooking, heating or woodcrafts
the tendency of certain tree and brush species to produce a large number of shoots when a single or few stems are mechanically removed but the root system left intact
A traditional method of woodland management in which multiple stems are allowed to grow up from the base of a felled tree The stems are then cut every few years In the past this would have provided fuel and wood for making tool handles fencing and charcoal
The tendency of certain tree and brush species (such as red alder and bigleaf maple) to produce a large number of shoots when a single or few stems are mechanically removed but the root system is left intact