Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 3: Coppiced Trees

Coppiced Trees are evidence of the logging done by the charcoal industry in the past.

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The production of pig iron at the Catoctin Iron Furnace was fueled by the charcoal made from from the trees logged across the mountain. Majority of the forest was cut down and some of the remaining stumps grew out, causing many trees to have multiple trunks.