Pollarding

– **Practice**:
– Encourages tree growth for wood supply
– Stored for winter fodder in some areas
– Regrown stems may be selectively cut to avoid tree death
– Preferred over coppicing in grazed areas
– Increases underbrush growth and species diversity in woodlands

– **Origin and Usage of Term**:
– “Poll” originally referred to the top of the head
– Verb “to poll” extended to branches of trees and horns of animals
– “Pollard” referred to something that had been polled
– “Pollarding” has largely replaced “polling” in forestry
– “Pollard tree” can be used as an adjective

– **See Also**:
– Fruit tree pruning
– Pleaching
– Coppicing
– Shredding
– Tree topping

– **Notes**:
– A tree marks the boundary between two parishes: Mickleham and Dorking

– **References**:
– Richardson, jr, L. (1992)
– Pruning and Training Plants, Joyce and Brickell (1992)
– De Decker, Kris (n.d.)
– Southern Living 2003 garden annual
– Tree Care Industry Magazine