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.

• stump sprout

  Sprout that growths on the remaining stump after felling the tree. Stump sprouts can be used to regenerate a stand with some tree species (according to WT).
• [de] Stockausschlag
  Nach dem Abholzen eines Baumes aus dem verbleibenden Stock ausschlagender Trieb. Stockausschläge können bei einigen Baumarten zur Verjüngung des Bestandes verwendet werden (nach WT).
• [fr] rejet de souche
  Pousse issue d'une souche après la coupe de l'arbre qu'elle supportait. Chez certaines essences, on utilise les rejets de souche pour la régénération du peuplement (selon WT).
• [it] pollone
  Getto che si sviluppa dalla ceppaia di un albero dopo il taglio. In alcune specie arboree i polloni possono essere utilizzati per la rinnovazione del popolamento (da WT).

• 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.