Dendrology

Scots pine

Norway spruce

European larch

Common juniper

aspen

Hornbeam

Bog birch

Black alder

European beech

English oak

Mountain elm

Bird cherry

Culture pear

Norway maple

Winter linden

Common ash

Differentiation of trees and woody plants through their wood grain (“wood image”), 16 examples

The Dendrologie ( ancient Greek δένδρον dendron , tree 'and -logie ) is the study of the trees and shrubs ( woody customer ). As a branch of botany, it deals with woody plants , especially trees , shrubs and various climbing plants .

classification

Dendrology can be classified under botany and roughly divided into the areas of woody plants, shrubs and climbing plants. Since the woody plants are divided into very different taxa (subgroups) and, on the other hand, there are woody and non-woody plants in individual genera, the use of a strict dendrological classification is limited. The focus is on plants for wood use on the one hand and on use as ornamental plants in parks and gardens. Therefore, dendrology as a science is essentially only represented in forestry and horticultural institutions.

The Greek philosopher and natural scientist Theophrastus of Eresos is considered to be the founder of dendrology .

See also

• German Dendrological Society
• Dendrochronology
• Dendrometry

literature

• Dietrich Böhlmann: Wood biology. Why trees don't grow into the sky . 2nd Edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-494-01547-7 (up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to woody science, the in-depth content of which is also of interest to advanced dendrologists).
• Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of woody plants: Determination, properties and use . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8001-4832-3 (current and at the same time the most comprehensive wood flora; with a winter identification key from Bernd Schulz).
• Horst Bartels: Wood science. Introduction to dendrology . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-8252-1720-5 (introduction, consisting of a systematic part and a dictionary of dendrology).
• Peter Schütt , Hans Joachim Schuck, Bernd Stimm: Lexicon of forest botany. Morphology, pathology, ecology and systematics of important tree species . ecomed, Landsberg 1992, ISBN 3-609-65800-2 .
• Andreas Roloff, Horst Weisgerber, Ulla M. Lang, Bernd Stimm (eds.): Encyclopedia of woody plants. Manual and Atlas of Dendrology . Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-527-32141-4 .
• Karola Weber, Claudius Wecke: The rebirth of tree giants . be.bra Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95410-025-5 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Dendrology  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Website of the German Dendrological Society e. V.
• Website of the Swiss Dendrological Society
• Research laboratory dendroarchaeology at the University of Cologne
• German tree archive

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Gemoll , Karl Vretska: Greek-German school and hand dictionary. 10., rework. Ed., Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-486-00234-1 .
2. ^ Joseph August Schultes : Outline of a history and literature of botany, from Theophrastus Eresios up to the most recent times; along with a history of the botanical gardens. Schaumburg and Companie, Vienna 1817, p. 44.