Below are listed some of the traditional uses of commonly coppiced species.
This is by no means exhaustive.
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| Ash |
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Alder |
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| barrel
hoops |
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charcoal for gunpowder production |
| frames and shafts of
buildings |
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clogs |
| gate
hurdles |
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hop poles |
| hay
rakes |
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pillings |
| hop
poles |
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tool handles |
| spear
shafts |
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scaffold |
| tent pegs |
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| tool handles |
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| Birch |
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Hazel |
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| besoms |
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barrel hoops |
| faggots/bavins
for firing
ovens |
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crate
rods |
| faggots for land
drains |
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faggots/bavins for firing ovens |
| horse
jumps |
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faggots for land drains |
| tent
pegs |
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hurdles |
| turnery |
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thatching spars & liggers |
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wattle and daub |
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| Hornbeam |
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Lime |
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| charcoal |
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bast (fibre for rope making) |
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cogs |
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charcoal |
| pulleys |
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hop poles |
| break
blocks |
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faggots for land drains |
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| Oak |
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Sweet Chestnut |
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| laths |
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hop poles |
| tan
bark |
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fencing |
| shingles |
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palings |
| break
blocks |
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faggots for land drains |
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| Willow |
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| wattle and daub |
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| basketry |
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The Museum of English Rural Life website illustrates a number of woodland
crafts with a series of historical photographs
www.ruralhistory.org/interface/public/countryside/ruralind_p.html
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