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coppicingWoodland management practice of severe pruning where trees are cut down to near ground level at regular intervals, typically every 3-20 years, to promote the growth of numerous shoots from the base. This form of forestry was once commonly practised in Europe, principally on hazel and chestnut, to produce large quantities of thin branches for firewood, fencing, and so on; alder, eucalyptus, maple, poplar, and willow were also coppiced. The resulting thicket was known as a coppice or copse. See also pollarding. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Wood Room is a dark, self-supporting dome of coppiced chestnut logs, which can be perceived as threatening or cocooning, depending on the viewer. In the energy field, miscanthus grass and short-rotation coppiced willow are just two of the crops harvested to provide biomass fuel that can be burnt instead of fossil fuels in power stations; bio-diesel using vegetable oils and bio-ethanol made from maize or sugar both offer alternatives to petrol in cars. Following the tornado of 1974, most of the damaged basswood trees coppiced, meaning they sent up several stems from the root crown. |
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