Waste wood (forestry)

In forestry, old wood is used to describe a stand that has reached its maturity . These stocks are felled in a commercial enterprise and the areas freed up are used for regeneration .

Due to the high proportion of dead wood , old wood is also the habitat of numerous endangered species , which is why their protection is often required. Various forest administrations are trying to satisfy this desire by preserving old wood islands . For this purpose, parts of the stock are specifically removed from management and left to their own devices. The trees become overaged , and this creates a high proportion of dead wood, which provides nesting sites for cave breeders and a habitat for dead wood-dwelling insects , fungi or lichens .

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• Erlbeck, Haseder , Stinglwagner : Das Kosmos Wald- und Forstlexikon , Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07511-7
• Designation of old wood islands (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)