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Effect of coppicing on Abundance of Violets.
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Effect of coppicing on Abundance of Violets PLAN Introduction A natural woodland ecosystem contains rich sources of wood such as oak and beech that humans want to exploit. It contains a stable community of plants, insects and birds. Coppicing is a method of cutting trees near the bottom and allowing them to grow with many branches at the bottom. This is designed to be more efficient for man but allows this climax community to exist as naturally as possible. It could also be proved to benefit wildlife such as increased nesting places for birds. This cycle has been implanted in the woodlands on Weald clay wild in Sussex. A woodland ecosystem is made up of four layers, starting from the top, canopy, shrubs, herbaceous layer and the ground layer. A lot of the time these intermix and it can be difficult to distinguish. Pale wood violets (viola reichenbachiana) are perennial plants that grow in...
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