coppicing
Cyclical tree harvesting
Coppicing is a woodland management technique where trees are cut back to ground level to stimulate new growth from the stump.
The regrowth produces multiple straight shoots harvested cyclically for poles, firewood, or crafts.
Certain trees—hazel, willow, chestnut—respond particularly well to this treatment, regenerating for centuries from the same root system.
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancientVery old indeed
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- faggotsBound bundles of twigs
billhooks · hurdles · thatching · wattle · woodland · skills · techniques · rural
Forest cultivation practice
- woodlandForested land area
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- rotationTurning on an axis
understory · felling · timber · pruning · woodlot · stand · canopy · forester
Seeds beginning growth
- shootsFires or photographs
- stoolsBackless elevated seats
- suckersEasily fooled people
- resproutingGrowing back from base
pollarding · vegetative · clonal · cuttings · propagation · rooting · meristem · apical
Capable of restoration
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
low-impact · self-sufficient · biofuel · charcoal · woodchip · climate-smart · energy · heating
Organism's natural environment
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
pollinators · birds · insects · butterflies · mammals · reptiles · amphibians · conservation
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancientVery old indeed
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- basketryArt of weaving containers
faggots · billhooks · hurdles · thatching · wattle · woodland · skills · techniques · rural · countryside
silviculture
Forest cultivation practice
- woodlandForested land area
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- harvestingGathering mature crops
rotation · understory · felling · timber · pruning · woodlot · stand · canopy · forester · hardwood
sprouting
Seeds beginning growth
resprouting · pollarding · vegetative · clonal · cuttings · propagation · rooting · meristem · apical · lateral
renewable
Capable of restoration
- carbon-neutralNet-zero emissions state
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- agroforestryTrees integrated with farming
biomass · low-impact · self-sufficient · biofuel · charcoal · woodchip · climate-smart · energy · heating
habitat
Organism's natural environment
ecosystem · pollinators · birds · insects · butterflies · mammals · reptiles · amphibians · conservation · wildflowers
- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, farm labor, crop farming
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- folk craftsbasketry, basket weaving, quilting, quilts, embroidery
- forest conservationsustainable forestry, forest stewardship, forest management, reforestation, forest reserves
- land clearingbulldozer, clear cutting, chainsaw, clear-cutting, brush cutter
- land stewardshipland stewardship, forest stewardship, forest management, wildlife management, sustainable harvest
coppicingclear-cutting
Removing all trees completely
deforestation · felling · logging · clearcutting · slash-and-burn
coppicinguprooting
Extracting from the earth
killing · stump removal · stumping · land clearing · ringbarking