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TREE SEEDLING [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

A young tree, grown from seed, from the time of germination to the sapling stage, having a diameter at breast height equal to or less than 1 cm.

OBS

The boundary between the seedling and the sapling stages is indefinite but may be fixed arbitrarily, e.g. in India and many parts of Africa it is a height of 3 ft, in Canada a [diameter at breast height] of 0.5 in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Jeune arbre à tige lignifiée, de quelques années.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
DEF

Planta joven si es nacida de semilla.

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