Harvesting to Get a Eucalyptus Coppice Crop1

When eucalyptus trees are felled, new stems often grow from the stumps to produce another crop of trees. This new crop is called the coppice crop to distinguish it from the seedling crop. Coppice crops can be important in growing eucalypts profitably. Replanting costs are saved and coppice crop rotations are usually shorter than those of seedling crops, because coppice stems grow faster than seedlings. Several successive coppice crops are possible, but getting a coppice crop depends on planting the right species in the right environment and harvesting with the right method.