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.

  • coppice with standards

    Forest form with elements of both the coppice and the high forest. It consists of a lower layer grown from coppice and an upper layer grown from standards and sometimes from sprouted coppice (according to WT).
  • [de] Mittelwald
    Waldform mit Elementen des Niederwaldes und des Hochwaldes, bestehend aus einer Unterschicht (Unterholz) aus Stockausschlägen und einer Oberschicht (Oberholz) aus Kernwüchsen, z.T. auch aus durchgewachsenen Stockausschlägen (nach WT).
  • [fr] taillis-sous-futaie
    Forme de la forêt présentant des éléments du taillis et de la futaie, composé d'une strate inférieure (sous-étage) de rejets de souche et d'une strate dominante de francs-pieds et en partie de rejets de souche réservés (selon WT).
  • [it] ceduo composto
    Forma di governo con elementi del ceduo e della fustaia, costituito da uno strato inferiore di polloni e da uno strato superiore di piedi franchi e, in parte, anche da polloni invecchiati (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.