In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"Derek" writes:
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| According to the Forestry Commission poplar are now regarded as one
| of the short rotation (2/3yrs) biomass candidates ...

Poplar is another pulpwood, and doesn't burn much better than willow.
It also is a tree of alluvial plains, and doesn't do well on stony,
poor hillsides.

What about aspen? (I don't know about the European form, but the
American species should be coppiceable.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley