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Originally Posted by eeyore as I i said above coppicing per se will not harm a bluebell woodland as the overstorey layer is not harvested just the coppice stool layer - thus the light level at the woodland floor is not greatly increased |
True, however when returning a wood to a coppice regime, more often than not the coppice stool trees have gone so long uncut that they have become the overstorey. Coppicing in these conditions leads to a lot more light arriving at the floor between underdeveloped standard trees.