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.

• altitudinal vegetation zone (altitudinal zone)

  All sites with similar phytosociological conditions, taking into account the decisive site factors, particularly altitude.
• [de] Vegetationshöhenstufe (Höhenstufe)
  Gesamtheit der Standorte mit ähnlichen pflanzensoziologischen Verhältnissen unter Berücksichtigung der massgebenden Standortsfaktoren, insbesondere der Höhenlage.
• [fr] étage de végétation
  Ensemble des stations ayant des conditions phytosociologiques semblables en considérant les facteurs stationnels déterminants, notamment l'altitude.
• [it] piano vegetazionale
  Insieme delle stazioni con caratteristiche fitosociologiche simili rispetto ai fattori stazionali determinanti e in particolare della quota.

• 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.