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Record 1 2012-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A young tree [that is] no longer a seedling but not yet a pole ... typically growing vigorously and without dead bark or more than an occasional dead branch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Jeune arbre qui n'est plus un semis et pas encore une perche [...] poussant vigoureusement sans écorce morte ni branche morte, sauf exception.

Spanish

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

Árbol joven procedente de semilla, de pocos metros de altura y menos de ocho o diez centímetros de diámetro a la altura del pecho, que crece vigorosamente sin corteza muerta aún, ni más ramas secas que alguna ocasionalmente.

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