pollard

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Mr McBride, who records ancient trees in Wales, said the oak had enormous cultural significance as it was a pollard - it had not grown in the field naturally.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2018

This permits the tree to develop knobbly structures called pollard heads, which form natural defenses against wound decay.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2015

The pollard heads are now the size of softballs, or larger.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2015

An old pollard in Savernake Forest that could date back to Saxon times.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2014

The best “natural” sticks are those which when growing were themselves young trees, sprung up direct from seed or shoots—saplings, which are stronger and more pliant than those cut from a stole or pollard.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard