Arboricultural Research and Information Note 131/95 - The
Management of Ancient Pollarded Trees.
ARIN131 is a short paper, written by David Lonsdale, which describes the
management procedures necessary to preserve old pollarded trees. The document covers the
following subjects.
Introduction (history and ideal management procedures).
Effects of Wounding (infection, decay, regrowth, species).
Recommendations for work on old pollards (timing, species, pruning practice).
ARIN131. 6 pages including diagrams. Published in 1995 and available direct from the AAIS.
Further Information.
'Principles of Tree Hazard Assessment and Management' by David Lonsdale (see summary). This book contains a section for ancient pollard
management which contains the same diagrams and probably supersedes ARIN 131.
'Pollard and Veteran Tree Management' published by the City of London
Corporation.
This website will be closing on 1st October 2026 and the content deleted, if you want to archive it archive.org may be able to help.
Please do not call Plusnet as we hold no information about the ownership of this website to help.
Document
Summary
Arboricultural Research and Information Note 131/95 - The
Management of Ancient Pollarded Trees.