Crown cut

The crown pruning is a pruning measure in the crown of trees. This is either constructive (upbringing, crown care) by helping the tree to build a stable and healthy crown, or it is carried out as a precaution or for reasons of road safety as a safety measure (crown thinning, crown shortening, shortening of crown parts, crown securing cut). These pruning measures are described in regulations (ZTV tree maintenance). When executing it should be noted that z. B. Time of the measure, loss of volume and effects on the habitus of the tree are also associated with the corresponding nature conservation laws of the federal government and the respective state (e.g. § 14 BNatSchG : intervention , § 39 (5) BNatSchG: species protection ).

literature

• P. Klug, J. Engels, R. Kastner: Arbolex - The specialist dictionary of tree care. Arbus Verlag, 2000, ISBN 393494700X .
• ZTV tree care: Additional technical contract conditions and guidelines for tree care . Research Society for Landscape Development Landscaping (FLL), 2006