Hardwood

In Central European forestry, a number of deciduous tree species are referred to as hardwoods or hardwood trees , which, in contrast to the common beech and the oak, do not belong to the main forestry tree species . The term is often used synonymously with colored hardwood .

species

Which tree species and genera are classified as hardwoods is not clearly delineated. Usually the term includes:

• Species of the maple genus - for example the sycamore maple ,
• Species of the genus elm - for example the mountain elm ,
• the ash ,
• Species of the genus Prunus - especially the bird cherry ,
• Species of the genus Sorbus (haws) - the service tree , the wild service tree , the rowan and Sorbus aria ,
• Species of the genus Malus - especially the crab apple ,
• Species of the genus pears - especially the wild pear .

Often times too

• Species of the genus Linden and
• added to the genus walnuts .

Occasionally hardwoods (maples, ash, elms) are separated from colored hardwoods (apple species, pear species, Prunus species, Sorbus species) in order to emphasize the color intensity of the wood in the tree species of the rose family .

literature

• August Kubelka: Modern forestry. Deuticke Verlag, 1918.
• Anton Fischer (Ed.): The development of forest biocenoses after storm throws. Wiley - VCH Verlag, Weinheim 1999, ISBN 978-3-527-32177-3 .

Web links

• Care of hardwoods. Bavarian State Institute for Forests and Forestry (LWF). Retrieved April 11, 2017
• Leaflet on the management of hardwood stocks (accessed on June 19, 2020)
• Out of the shadow into the light Silviculture with deciduous trees (accessed June 19, 2020)
• Mixed hardwood stands in Thuringia (accessed on June 19, 2020)
• Guide to pruning hardwood species (accessed June 19, 2020)