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.

• stand

  A community of trees which differs considerably from its surroundings due to its species composition, stand age or structure (according to SAFE), in the NFI with a minimum area of 500 m2.
• [de] Bestand
  Baumkollektiv, das sich von der Umgebung durch Baumartenzusammensetzung, Bestandesalter oder Aufbau wesentlich unterscheidet (nach SAFE), im LFI mit einer Minimalfläche von 5 Aren.
• [fr] peuplement
  Ensemble d'arbres se distinguant nettement du voisinage par le mélange des essences, l'âge ou la structure (d'après CAFS) et mesurant, dans l'IFN, au moins 5 ares.
• [it] popolamento
  Insieme di alberi che si distingue nettamente dal suo intorno per composizione delle specie arboree, età del popolamento oppure struttura (da SAFE), nell'IFN a partire da una superficie minima di 5 are.

• 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.