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.

• young growth/ thicket

  Classification of stands according to the mean or dominant tree size (diameter or height). In the NFI the stages are differentiated according to their dominant diameter at breast hight (Ddom): young growth/ thicket (< 12 cm), pole wood (12-30 cm), young (31-40 cm DBH), medium (41-50 cm DBH) and old timber (>50 cm DBH) .
• [de] Jungwuchs/Dickung
  Klassierung von Beständen aufgrund der erreichten mittleren oder dominanten Baumgrösse (Durchmesser oder Höhe). Im LFI werden aufgrund des dominanten Brusthöhendurchmessers (Ddom) die Entwicklungsstufen Jungwuchs/Dickung (<12 cm), Stangenholz (12-­30 cm), schwaches (31-­40 cm), mittleres (41-­50 cm) und starkes Baumholz (>50 cm) unterschieden.
• [fr] recrû/fourré
  Classe de peuplement, définie d'après les grandeurs moyennes ou dominantes (diamètre ou hauteur). En fonction du diamètre dominant (Ddom), l'IFN distingue les stades de développement suivants: le recrû/fourré (< 12 cm), le perchis (12-30 cm), la jeune futaie (31-40 cm), la futaie moyenne 41-50 cm) et la vieille futaie (> 50 cm).
• [it] novelleto/spessina
  Classificazione dei popolamenti sulla base delle dimensioni medie o dominanti raggiunte (diametro o altezza). Nell'IFN gli stadi di sviluppo vengono distinti sulla base del diametro dominante (Ddom): novelleto/spessina (<12 cm), perticaia (12-30 cm), fustaia giovane (31-40 cm), fustaia adulta (41-50) e fustaia matura (> 50).

• 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.