Coppicing is most notably a woodland management technique, but it can also be found and used in a tree surgery / amenity context as an effective tree management tool.
Coppicing is the repeated cutting of a tree down to near ground level on a regular cycle and allowed to regrow. The cut stump is referred to as a coppice stool. Traditionally this is a method of producing straight poles over and over again that can be used to make coppice products or as method of growing wood for fuel on a sustainable basis. The result is the development of a multi-stemmed tree. Like pollarding, once a coppice is initiated it must be continued to be managed in this way. The stems if allowed to grow too big, become ‘overstood’ and become more liable to fail at their union with the stool.