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Coppicing / ˈ k ɒ p ɪ s ɪ ŋ / 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 tree.
Stump sprouts can grow very quickly and so become viable trees themselves either for aesthetics or timber, due to the existing root structure; however, the cut portion of the trunk may weaken the sprouts and introduce disease into the newly forming tree(s). [2] A freshly cut tree stump, 2 hours after cutting A saprobiontic young spruce on a stump
Uprooted tree stumps. Stump harvesting is not a new process. Records of tree stumps being dug out of the ground for wood fuel go back hundreds of years in Europe. It was practiced in the 1970s in Swedish forests before declining in popularity, but is being considered again there now that there is a greater need for fuel wood.
Cutting trees with the highest value and leaving those with lower value, often diseased or malformed trees, is referred to as high grading. It is sometimes called selective logging, and confused with selection cutting, the practice of managing stands by harvesting a proportion of trees. [9] Logging usually refers to above-ground forestry logging.
Stump harvesting – removal of tree stumps either for biomass or to free up space in the soil; Drum chopping – knocking down small trees and brush to clear the ground for planting; Planting. Broadcast seeding – scattering of seed either by hand or mechanically over a relatively large area
The tree will continue to produce new growth from what remains of the older branches, so try to leave at least a 4-inch stump for each branch. Leave Young Branches