Thickening

Hunter in a thicket

As Dickung in which is forestry an adolescent stock after the entry of the existing circuit, respectively. In this phase, the branches of the trees touch or overlap and form a closed canopy . This corresponds to the natural age of the young population. The maintenance interventions in these stocks are called purification . The thickening phase ends as soon as the natural branch cleaning of the stands begins. The next development is the pole wood .

See also

• thicket

literature

• Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon , Weltbild, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Haseder p. 161