Editing Coppicing (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
[[File:Felled chestnut coppice at Flexham Park.JPG|thumb|Recently felled chestnut coppice near [[Petworth]] in West Sussex]]
[[File:Coldfall_Woods_01_MG_3569.jpg|thumb|Old hornbeam coppice stools left uncut for at least 100 years, [[Coldfall Wood]], London]]

In [[southern Britain]], coppice was traditionally [[Corylus avellana|hazel]], [[Carpinus betulus|hornbeam]], [[Acer campestre|field maple]], [[Fraxinus excelsior|ash]], [[Castanea sativa|sweet chestnut]], occasionally [[sallow]], [[elm]], [[Tilia cordata|small-leafed lime]] and rarely [[Quercus robur|oak]] or [[Fagus sylvatica|beech]], grown among [[Quercus robur|pedunculate]] or [[Quercus petraea|sessile]] oak, [[Fraxinus excelsior|ash]] or [[Fagus sylvatica|beech]] standards. In wet areas [[alder]] and [[willow]]s were used.<ref name=Rackham>{{cite book |title=Ancient Woodland; its history, vegetation and uses in England|last=Rackham |first=Oliver |year=2003 |publisher=Castlepoint Press |isbn=1-897604-27-0|edition=New }}</ref> A small, and growing, number of people make a living wholly or partly by working coppices in the area today,<ref>[http://www.coppiceapprentice.org.uk/ The Bill Hogarth MBE Memorial Apprenticeship Trust] Retrieved 17 June 2014</ref> at places such as at the [[Weald and Downland Living Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coppicing at the Museum |date=27 January 2023 |url=https://www.wealddown.co.uk/museum-news/coppicing-at-the-museum/ |website=[[Weald and Downland Living Museum]] |access-date=January 31, 2023 }}</ref>

Coppices provided wood for many purposes, especially [[charcoal]] before coal was economically significant in metal [[smelting]]. A minority of these woods are still operated for coppice today, often by [[Conservation in the United Kingdom|conservation organisations]], producing material for [[Hurdles (agricultural)|hurdle]]-making, [[thatching]] spars, local charcoal-burning or other crafts. The only remaining large-scale commercial coppice crop in England is [[sweet chestnut]] which is grown in parts of [[Sussex]] and [[Kent]].<ref name="JNCC" /> Much of this was established as [[plantation]]s in the 19th century for hop-pole production (hop-poles are used to support the [[Humulus lupulus|hop]] plant while growing [[hops]]) and is nowadays cut on a 12 to 18-year cycle for splitting and binding into cleft chestnut [[Palisade|paling fence]], or on a 20- to 35-year cycle for cleft post-and-rail fencing, or for sawing into small lengths to be [[Finger joint|finger-jointed]] for architectural use. Other material goes to make farm fencing and to be chipped for modern wood-fired heating systems.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

In [[northwest England]], coppice-with-standards has been the norm,{{When|date=May 2016}} the standards often of oak with relatively little simple coppice. After [[World War II]], a great deal was planted up with conifers or became neglected. Coppice-working almost died out, though a few men continued in the woods.