![]() ![]() I usually think of these buds as occurring on the stem, rather then roots. "Adventitious" usually refers to buds that are dormant, sometimes called "latent" and provide a mechanism for a tree to respond to a disturbance (e.g., cutting, crown dieback, or other stressors). A few years ago a couple folks in the US were working on a book about coppice management, but I've lost track of if that came to be. Here is more information on the subject For some regeneration methods, you might use "coppice with standards" where low value trees are coppiced for regular harvest of small diameter stems for, say, fuel wood, and the "standards" are trees that are retained over multiple harvests to grow into larger and more valuable stems. I think the stump that sprouts in these deliberate circumstances is called a "stool." The term is more of a European term, but has application in the US. Usually, but not always, "roots sucker" and "stumps sprout", but sometimes "roots sprout." Clarification is important on this term when it is used, and whether reference is to root suckers or stump suckers.Ĭoppice is defined in silvicultural texts as sprouting from the stumps, usually as a means to regenerate a forest. Suckering is perhaps a slang term for sprouts that originate from the stump or roots after the tree is cut or damaged. Chesteron tells us we need to "come to terms with our terms."Īt least one of those terms is slang at some level, so I don't know if it has a true definition. Great question! I'm sure I've used those terms with in some ambiguous ways. Is this correct?Ĭan you please clarify these terms for me? ![]() I recall a field instructor indicating a number of new shoots growing in a line along a shallow root and referring to this as ‘coppice’ growth. I seem to recall something about it being clonal and/or growing in colonies, and I know it, too, has a shallow root system. One concerns Red Maple (we often call them ’Swamp Maples’ around here, on the end of Long Island)…When a red maple topples in a wetland area, but still continues to send new, live shoots upward, perpendicular to the trunk, what is this kind of growth called? And, is the reason they topple so easily because of the ‘sogginess’ of the soil and a shallow root system? I have a question about secondary sprouting on certain tree species and the correct terminology for these…suckering? coppicing? adventitious growth? I’m a little confused by the proper use of these terms. I received the following question, and offer this response. ![]()
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