Wych elm coppice?

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Hi, I wondered whether anyone has any experience of coppicing wych elm?

There is a fair bit of elm in my area in the Highlands and I wondered whether there would be any benefit in including some elm to increase diversity in a mixed firewood coppice that I plan to establish.

Thanks

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Hi Carolyn. I’ve not coppiced any yet but I am underplanting wych elm into my mixed firewood coppice too on the first cut (currently mostly alder and birch). Hoping to diversify it a bit. I doubt the wych elm will be as big on the 10-12 year rotation though so not planting a huge number of them.

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Thank you Al, I think I’ll give it a go too