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This latter plan has especial merit for conifers, introduced 

 artificially, in producing clearer boles. 



The isolated position of the standards with full light from 

 all sides, particularly for a few years after the periodic cutting 

 of the coppice, often results in the formation of epicormic 



Standard 



100 Years 



of Age 



FIG. 50. 



An illustration of the distribution of the area between the coppice and each 

 age class of the standards. The stand is assumed to be at the end of a 20 year 

 coppice rotation just before the cutting. Rotation for the standards is 100 

 years. In this diagram 0.6 of the total area is in coppice. The balance, 0.4 

 of the total area, is equally distributed between the 40, 60, 80 and 100 year old 

 standards. The new standards, 20 years in age, to be left after the cutting of 

 the coppice are included in the area allotted to the latter. The 100 year old 

 standards will be cut in the same operation and the new 20 year old standards 

 will occupy the area otherwise lost to the standard classes by cutting the old 

 trees. 



