Living stump
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A living stump is created when a live tree is cut, burned, eaten, or infected, causing its cambium to die above the root system.
Example of a living stump.
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
Living stump
…protecting it from infection and insect damage. A living stump which is capable of producing sprouts or cuttings is known as a stool, and is used in the coppicing method of woodland management. Pinus strobus (white pine…
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