Glossary of Botanical Terms:
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coppice shoot: a shoot developed from a dormant bud in the trunk or larger branches of a tree, the leaves on such a shoot often differ from the adult leaves and are called juvenile leaves (similar to sapling leaves); a common feature of many eucalypts and rainforest trees. Coppiceshoots usually develop after damage to the trunk by fire, cutting etc. Fig. 1 G.
Fig. 1. Plant Habits and Growth Forms. A, erect; B, ascending; C, virgate; D, intricate; E, divaricate; F, suckers; G, coppice shoots; H, lignotuber; I, epiphytes; J, decumbent; K, procumbent; L, prostrate; M, stoloniferous; N, rhizomatous; O, pendent.
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