brash

In a stand of trees, especially conifers, the lower branches that are dead and fallen. The branches may have fallen naturally or been pruned by brashing. In a felled area, brash consists of the the tops and small-diameter branchwood left lying on the ground after the merchantable wood has been extracted.

This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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