What Trees Can You Coppice

Some common and reliable coppicing trees include oak, ash, hazel, sweet chestnut, sycamore, willow, most alder species, and lime. The yew, monkey puzzle, and coast redwood can be coppiced despite being conifers.

What are the best trees to coppice for firewood?

Most frequently, coppiced species are oak, hazel, ash, willow, field maple, sycamore, lime and sweet chestnut. One of the joys of coppicing is the explosion of wild flowers and insects when light is given to the woodland floor. Tree willows could possibly be the best source of homegrown logs.

What trees can you Pollard?

• Ash (Fraxinus)
• Common lime (Tilia × europaea)
• Elm (Ulmus)
• Elder (Sambucus)
• Gum (Eucalyptus)
• London plane (Platanus × hispanica)
• Mulberry (Morus)
• Oak (Quercus)