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Investigations of pollen production, modern pollen–vegetation relationships and pollen‐stratigraphic changes have been undertaken from three woodlands under coppice management to establish the impact that woodland management techniques (the periodic cutting of broadleaved trees and shrubs for wood and fodder) have on pollen representation. The number of inflorescences (catkins/flowers) produced over the length of a coppice rotation has been quantified for three species; Corylus avellana, Alnus glutinosa and Tilia cordata. For C. avellana the number inflorescences produced is significantly higher in the early years after coppicing. For A. glutinosa and particularly T. cordata flowering is suppressed after coppicing and only recovers slowly. In the later years the number of inflorescences produced by all three species is related to the height of the regrowths and therefore competition for light. However, the …