Wednesday 25 March 2015

Coppiced Ash

The grown out stools of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) reminds us that coppicing was once widespread and extended over several varieties of tree. It looks like these stools have been neglected for many years by the size of the trunks coming from them. In the stool hollows Ramsons have taken seed and flourish as they do on the woodland floor.

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