Accompanying growth

In forestry, accompanying growth (accompanying flora) is understood to mean plants such as grasses, ferns, shrubs or also certain tree species that do not serve the production goal and can prevent forest trees from growing or make forest management more difficult. The purely negative designation as weeds is usually not applicable, since the accompanying growth can also take on positive functions and accompanying growth regulation (control) is not always useful.

Effects of accompanying growth
positive effects	negative effects
protection against - Overheating of the plants - soil desiccation - Radiant frost - erosion - Game browsing (distraction effect) Creation of habitats for animals and small organisms	Difficulties in tillage Difficulties in maintenance and timber harvesting interventions Prevention of natural rejuvenation Competition for light, water, nutrients cheap mouse biotope Increase in the risk of fire

Table taken from the book "Der Forstwirt" and supplemented

literature

1. ↑ Forestry Schools of the Federal Republic of Germany (Ed.): Der Forstwirt. 2nd Edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8001-1090-3 . P. 218.