Coppicing
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Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the
Coppice stool shortly after coppicing
After one year's regrowth
Recently felled chestnut coppice near Petworth in West Sussex
Old hornbeam coppice stools left uncut for at least 100 years, Coldfall Wood, London
Pollarding
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Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollardin
Shortly after pollarding
Two years after the pollarding
A line of pollarded willows in Germany
Pollarding of plane trees on Mallorca, Spain