Pollarding
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<plantfyi-glossary slug="pollarding"></plantfyi-glossary>Definition
Cutting a tree's main branches to a framework head ('the pollard') at 2–4 m height, then harvesting the resulting regrowth periodically. Like coppicing but elevated out of grazing reach, pollarding was historically used to produce fodder, fuel, and poles from trees in grazed areas.
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