Glossary
A brief introduction and explanation of frequently used health and forestry terms. This list is being continuously updated.
Culmination phase
final state of forest development; E.g. Hochwald
Energy wood
Wood that should only be used to generate energy through combustion.
For example, for district heating systems, as the main energy supplier (pellet district heating systems) or as an additional component in district heating systems (to increase the temperature).
For private use (pellet heating, fireplace, etc.)
Forwarding machines
Can move, collect and stack long or short wood that the harvester driver has harvested.
Harvester
Special wood harvesting machines in forestry that can often carry out several work steps. The machines, which can weigh up to over 15 tonnes, require a close-meshed skidding network as their crane arm is usually only around 15 meters long.
Polter
Pile of harvested tree trunks.
Screen-by-shape tapering
Originally: a type of wood harvesting in which individual logs are harvested from the stock. For decades, however, the image has been one of almost clear-cutting, in which almost all other trees apart from individual overhangs are felled.
Sustainability
In forestry: Principle of resource use in which the focus is on preserving the essential properties of the forest. Classic: Don’t harvest more wood than grows back. The term is also used outside of forestry; For example in finance.
WaG / WaV
(Swiss) Forest Law or the associated regulation