Dictionary/Glossary

German-French-Italian-English dictionary of plant names and technical terms used in the NFI. Definitions are given for the terms highlighted in yellow.

• tree species

  Plant species with a ligneous, upright stem, which grows to a height of at least 5 m if undisturbed (according to WT and LdF). In the NFI only tree species that are listed in the NFI Field Manual are differentiated. Some of them are grouped into the 10 most important tree species (main tree species).
• [de] Baumart
  Pflanzenart mit verholztem, aufrechtem Stamm, die bei ungestörtem Wachstum eine Höhe von mehr als 5 m erreicht (nach WT und LdF). Im LFI werden nur die in der Aufnahmeanleitung LFI (S. 78/79) aufgeführten Baumarten unterschieden. Diese werden z.T. zu den 10 wichtigsten Baumarten (Hauptbaumarten) zusammengefasst.
• [fr] essence
  Espèce végétale présentant un tronc lignifié et vertical qui peut atteindre, si sa croissance n'est pas perturbée, plus de 5m de haut (selon WT et LdF). L'IFN ne différencie que les essences mentionnées dans le manuel d'instruction IFN (p. 78/79). Les dix plus importantes d'entre elles forment les essences principales.
• [it] specie arborea
  Specie vegetale con un fusto legnoso, eretto e in grado di raggiungere, in condizioni di accrescimento indisturbate, più di 5 m di altezza (da WT e LdF). Nell'IFN vengono distinte solo le specie arboree riportate nelle Istr. IFN (p. 78/79). Queste vengono in parte riunite nelle 10 specie arboree più importanti (specie arboree principali).

• Recommended form of citation:
  Brändli, U.-B.; Speich, S., 2007: Swiss NFI glossary and dictionary. [Published online 27.06.2007]. Available from World Wide Web <http://www.lfi.ch/glossar/glossar-en.php>. Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
• The German definition of the scientific terms was done with the help of the following lexica and terminologies:
  LdF = Lexikon der Forstbotanik (Schütt et al. 1991)
  SSI = Sanasilva-Inventur WSL. Terminologie im Sanasilva-Bericht 1997 (Brang und Kaennel Dobbertin 1997)
  SAFE = Forsteinrichtungsbegriffe. Schweizerischer Arbeitskreis für Forsteinrichtung (1986).
  TFW = Terminologie Forsteinrichtung/Waldinventur (Bick et al. 1994)
  WBö = Wörterbücher der Biologie. Ökologie (Schäfer und Tischler 1983)
  WT = Waldbauliche Terminologie (Brünig und Mayer 1980)
  Anl. LFI = Anleitung für die Feldaufnahmen der Erhebung 1993-1995 (Stierlin et al. 1994)
• The German, French and Italien plant names were taken mainly from the book Die häufigsten Waldbäume der Schweiz or from the Flora Helvetica
• The English plant names were taken form the internet (swiss web flora, PLANTS Database and Dictionary of Common Names by plantpress.com). The notations and abbreviations were taken from IPNI - The international Plant Names Index.