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FALSE ANNUAL GROWTH RING [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The layer of wood, less than a full season's growth, and seldom extending around the stem, which is formed whenever the diameter growth of a tree is interrupted and begins again during the same growing season.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Dans une couche d'accroissement annuel, nom donné au cerne intermédiaire résultant soit d'une période de séchéresse ou soit d'une défoliation causée par des insectes. Ce cerne est sans contour bien défini et il n'entre pas dans le calcul de l'âge d'un arbre.

Spanish

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