Dictionary/Glossary

German-French-Italian-English dictionary of plant names and technical terms used in the NFI.

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(Swiss) Plateau

(tree) species composition

accessible forest without shrub forest

accessible forest without shrub forest NFI3/NFI4

acidity (soil acidity)

age determination

age, dominant (agedom)

altitudinal vegetation zone

altitudinal zone

area , wooded (woodland)

area suitable for forest

ash (main species)

attribute catalogue

attribute, categorical

attribute, derived

attribute, metrical

attribute, surveyed

avalanche protection forest

bark percentage

biotope value of a forest stand

boundary of forest edge

branch brushwood

broadleaved (forest) area

broadleaved (forest) community

broadleaved forest

broadleaved tree

browsing intensity

browsing intensity, critical

browsing percentage

callipering threshold

change in a forest

change in forest area

change in growing stock

change in number of stems

citizens' community

classification variable

cluster (of trees)

cluster structure

confidence interval

coniferous forest

coniferous forest area

coniferous forest community

coppice with standards

corporation (ownership category)

crack (in wood)

crown transparency

damage (to the forest)

damage (to trees)

damage (to young trees)

damage caused by pasturing

damage potential

deadwood basal area

deadwood quantity

deadwood volume

degree of cover

degree of damage

degree of mixture (aerial photo)

degree of mixture (terrestrial)

degree of regeneration cover

density of forest edge

development stage

diameter at 7m height (d7)

diameter at breast height (dbh)

diversity, biological

dominant diameter at breast height (dbhdom)

dominant height (hdom)

economic region

ecotone value of the forest edge

embankment (artificial) / slope (natural)

environmental monitoring

environmental policies

epicormic shoot

error, statistical

evaluation (data analyses)

evaluation area

exotic (tree) species

exposed bare wood

extraction costs

extraction distance

extraction system

fir (main species)

forest / nonforest decision

forest area, inaccessible

forest area, managed

forest area, pastured

forest area, permanently unstocked

forest area, temporarily unstocked

forest boundary

forest boundary line

forest canopy gap

forest community

forest composition

forest condition

forest definition

forest district

forest ecosystem

Forest Europe criterion

forest formation

forest function

forest inventory

forest management plan

forest management, sustainable

forest pasturing

forest planning

Forest Police Law (FPolL)

forest policies

forest transport infrastructure

forest with pasturing

forest, inaccessible

forest, private

Geographic Information System (GIS)

gross increment

ground vegetation

groundwater protection zone

group selection system

growing stock per hectare

harvesting damage

harvesting losses

hazard potential

health (vitality)

herbaceous fringe

high forest, non-uniform

high forest, selection-type

high forest, uniform

higher altitude zone

hillslope debris flow

inclusion (damage)

interpretation area

interview survey

land-use statistics

Line Intersect Sampling (LIS)

local recreation

loss of vitality

losses, natural

lower altitude zone

main diameter class

main tree species

management intensity

management system

management, sustainable

maple (main tree species)

means of extraction

measure, silvicultural

merchantable branch wood

merchantable stemwood

merchantable timber harvested

merchantable wood

minimum width (for forest definition)

mixture distribution

mixture species

mortality, remaining

mountain forest

mountain selection forest

National Forest Inventory

national inventory

natural characteristics

natural hazards

natural regeneration (result)

Naturalness of the proportion of conifers

nature conservation

nature conservation function

NFI Field Manual

NFI2 protection forest (protection against natural hazards)

NFI3 protection forest (protection against natural hazards)

non-forest area

non-wood products

normal forest model

number of deadwood stems

number of species

number of stems

number of stems (young trees)

oak (main tree species)

old timber stand

organization (type of ownership)

pasturing intensity

percent forest cover

pile of branches

pine (main species)

pioneer tree species

plant community

prehauling distance

privately owned forest

production region

proportion of conifers

protection forest

protection forest NFI4 (protection forest against natural hazards)

protection forest region

protective effect (against natural hazards)

protective function

pure stand, broadleaved

pure stand, conifer

recreation facility

recreational function

recreational use

reference stand

regeneration (activity)

regeneration (result)

regeneration activity

regeneration stand (stand relevant for regeneration)

regeneration under shelterwood

regeneration, artificial

regeneration, natural (process)

regional demarcation

representativeness

reproducibility

riparian woodland

rockfall damage

root-to-shoot ratio

rootable soil depth

rotation length

sample plot inventory

sample plot, permanent

Sanasilva Inventory

sanitary felling (process)

sanitary fellings (yield)

secondary felling

secondary growth

secondary stand

selective thinning

shape of forest edge

shrub forest species

silvicultural project

silvicultural treatment

single ownership

single-tree selection (selection felling)

single-tree selection forest

site properties

skidder with articulated steering

slenderness ratio

slope (terrain)

socio-economic function

soil protection

species diversity

species, endangered

species, introduced

species, introduced, invasive

species, invasive

spruce (main species)

stability standards

stag-headedness

stand density index (SDI)

stand stability

stand structure

standard deviation

standard, remnant

stocking, permanently open

storm damage area

striking damage

stripping damage

structural diversity (forest edge)

structural diversity (forest stand)

structure of forest edge

surroundings of forest edge

sustainability (forestry)

Swiss Forest Statistics

target variable

tariff (function)

thinning for conversion

thinning of continuous cover forest

thinning of mountain forest

timber (stage of stand development)

timber consumption

timber production

timber production function

timber volume, merchantable

timber-harvesting costs

top (end) diameter

total basal area

total forest area

total mean increment (TMI)

total number of stems

total wood volume

trampling damage

treatment urgency

tree species, dominant

tree species, introduced

tree species, native

type of regeneration

type of road surface

type of shrub forest

type of treatment

type of woodland fragment

use (forest use)

use of forest resources

use, agroforestry

vegetation, potential natural

volume function

waste disposal site / landfill

weathering damage

wood-harvesting costs, potential

wood-harvesting technique

woodland fragments

woody species diversity (forest edge)

woody species diversity (forest stand)

work done in-house

young forest treatment

young growth/ thicket

young plantation

crown

Part of the tree carrying leaves or needles from the first green branch (without taking epicormic shoots into account) to the tree-top.

DE

Baumkrone

Benadelter bzw. belaubter Teil des Baumes zwischen dem untersten grünen Ast (ohne Berücksichtigung der Klebäste) und dem Wipfel. Synonym: Krone.

FR

houppier

Partie de l’arbre couverte d’aiguilles ou de feuilles, allant de la première branche verte (branches gourmandes non comprises) à la cime (pousse terminale de l’arbre). Synonyme: couronne.

IT

chioma dell'albero

Porzione fogliata degli alberi compresa tra il ramo vivo più basso (esclusi i rami epicormici) ed il cimale (getto più alto dell'albero).