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WOODY AREA [15 records]

Record 1 2026-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

When a tree seed germinates, the first(primary) root grows down in the soil in response to gravity. Secondary roots then branch off horizontally, with subsequent branching into tertiary roots, etc. Absorption of water and mineral nutrients is the function of the very fine, non-woody roots(the feeder roots). With continued growth, each root will lose its ability for absorption. These larger woody roots then function as the transport system for water and nutrients from the new feeder roots to the stem. They are also the tree's system of anchorage and a food storage area. The resulting system thus consists of several main transport roots that extend radically and horizontally from the tree base and divide into ever smaller roots, each ending in a dense mass of fine feeder roots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Les racines des arbres et des arbustes assurent leur ancrage dans le sol, l'absorption d'eau et de minéraux, le transport de la sève et le stockage de matière nutritive. Elles peuvent être grossièrement divisées en deux grandes catégories : • les racines ligneuses qui forment la structure du système racinaire et assurent l'ancrage ainsi que le support de la plante; • les racines non ligneuses, souvent appelées «racines nourricières», «racines fines» ou «racines absorbantes», qui ont pour principale fonction d'absorber l'eau et les éléments minéraux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Horticultura
  • Producción vegetal
CONT

El oxígeno tomado mediante las lenticelas se transporta hasta las raíces finas, en donde se excreta y forma una rizosfera oxigenada, en donde las raíces de alimentación absorben nutrientes elementales como nitratos y fosfatos.

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Record 2 2023-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biogeography
  • Ecosystems
DEF

[An] area where vegetation is dominated by woody plants generally less than 3 meters(m) in height.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biogéographie
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Le parc Cosmopolitan est un espace naturel qui se compose de forêts et de zones arbustives et qui sert d'habitat à de nombreuses espèces sauvages.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Soil Science
CONT

However, the sediments of the Project Area lacked the woody detrital cover, high peat content, and predominance of silt and clay characteristic of the natural creek sediments.

OBS

detrital cover: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Science du sol
CONT

[...] les glands germent au printemps qui suit la tombée des graines et doivent être en contact avec le sol, enterrés dans un sol minéral ou recouverts d'une légère couverture détritique [...]

OBS

couverture détritique : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
DEF

An area managed for the production of timber and other forest produce, or maintained under woody vegetation for such indirect benefits as the protection of watersheds, the provision of recreation areas, or the preservation of natural habitat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Zone affectée à la production de bois d'œuvre, et (ou) d'autres produits forestiers, ou que l'on maintient boisée pour en tirer des avantages divers tels que la protection des bassins versants, les bassins de réception, la récréation, etc.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

An area, wholly or partly covered with woody growth, managed primarily to regulate stream flow, maintain water quality, minimize erosion, stabilize drifting sand or exert any other beneficial forest influences...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

[Forêt] dont le but principal est, plus que la production, la conservation des sols et du climat local.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Explotación forestal
DEF

Formación forestal cuya función es proteger de la erosión una zona, regularizando su régimen hidrológico.

OBS

[...] se trata y administra pensando en sus efectos ambientales más que en la madera u otros productos o servicios forestales que puedan obtenerse del mismo.

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Record 6 2009-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Ecosystems
DEF

An area of secondary woody growth in(sub-) tropical forest, developed between periods of field cropping.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Terre forestière des régions tropicales et sous-tropicales qu'on laisse reposer temporairement entre deux labours.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Silvicultura
  • Ecosistemas
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Record 7 1997-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Ecosystems
CONT

Selective overstory thinning. A partial overstory cut is a type of thinning that is used in older stands where regeneration is established or will be established after the cut. These thinnings are typically designed to effectively remove some of the basal area in stands that are over 60 years old while maintaining the characteristics of the stand. Trees that display characteristics suitable for habitat diversity are retained. This includes vertical decadence, snags, species diversity and coarse woody debris. The spacing of the remaining trees is dependent on the amount of regeneration that is established in the stand. In some cases where regeneration has been previously established through shelterwood cuts or naturally wide spacing, some of the overstory is removed to allow the regeneration to develop into a multistory stand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Écosystèmes

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

hypoxylon. A genus of fungi (family Xylariaceae) having effuce to hemispherical stromata and including a species (H. pruinatum) that causes a canker of poplars.

OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie du peuplier et de l'hêtre causée par le champignon Hypoxylon cohaerens.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. (Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels).

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

neofabraea. A genus of plant-parasitic fungi (family Mollisiaceae) that form brightly colored opothecia in conidial stromata.

OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie du peuplier causée par le champignon Neofabrae populi.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. (Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels).

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie du sapin causée par le champignon Pseudophacidium piceae.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels.

Spanish

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Record 11 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie du pin causée par le champignon Tympanis hypopodia.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. (Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels).

Spanish

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Record 12 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie du bouleau causée par un champignon Godronia multispora ou Godronia cassandrae.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. (Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels).

Spanish

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Record 13 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie du pin causée par le champignon Pragmopora pithya.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. (Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels).

Spanish

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Record 14 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

diaporthe. A genus of ascomycetous fungi (family Valsaceae) having fusoid or ellipsoid hyaline 2-celled ascospores borne in perithecia that are embedded in diffuse or isolated stromata.

OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie de l'érable causée par le champignon Diaporthe dubia.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. (Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels).

Spanish

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Record 15 1991-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Plant Diseases
OBS

canker. An area of necrotic tissue in a woody stem or sometimes other plant organ caused by various agents(as fungi, bacteria, or toxic substances) and marked by shrinkage, cracking, and sloughing of tissue that leave an open wound surrounded by zones of callus often girdling and killing the affected stem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Maladies des plantes
DEF

Maladie de l'érable causée par le champignon Cryptodiaporthe scerinum.

OBS

chancre. Sorte de plaie des rameaux et du tronc des arbres et qui a souvent pour origine une blessure initiale par où s'introduisent divers parasites. (Le chancre est formé d'une partie centrale creuse, entourée de bourrelets cicatriciels).

Spanish

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