Glade (geography)

A clearing or nakedness (obsolete: Clear or Light ) is a treeless area in the middle of a forest. In accordance with the Federal Forest Act shall be deemed forest.

Ecological function

Since clearings within closed forest stands provide additional structural elements and light- loving plants provide habitat, the species richness of the forest is increased by it. They also offer Äsungsflächen for Wild.

Emergence of a clearing

A clearing can be natural or human- caused. Natural causes include storms, fire or calamities. Anthropogenic causes may be bald bat, environmental disasters or arson. Target on the basis of ecologically valuable deposits or use-related need a clearing to be obtained, it must be maintained. The natural development cycle would otherwise be by standing at the edge of the clearing trees again a forest arise.

Clearing ( thinning )

In silviculture are designated clearing timber harvesting activities, the intervention levels significantly above those of a crawl lie, but they are still no clear cutting. Here so many trees are removed from a herd that the canopy is constantly interrupted. Frequently, such a clearing blow or Lichtschlag used to initiate the rejuvenation. The increase in thickness of the remaining trees in the inventory is accelerated by such an intervention and is accordingly called clearing growth. Forestry companies who use this possibility of faster large timber production are called clearing operations.