Coppiced willow
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Coppiced willow by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Coppiced willow
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 20 Mar 2011
Although relatively young, these willows show that they have already been coppiced at least once, and are now growing again. The size of the cut with stems no more than 30-40mm in diameter suggests that that it may be being chipped for fuel.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.026039
Longitude
-1.039486