Popple, as I knew it, grows from the roots, not from a seed. When popple is cut down, the roots are energized to create new growth. For the first few years, the growth is very thick, making it extremely difficult to walk through. The picture below shows how thick the growth is. The top most leaves on those spiky branches of popple in the background are 5 feet from the ground. Less than a year since the logging occurred. Popple is called ...