Open AccessClarifying Certain Pruning Terminology: Thinning, Heading, Pollarding
Author(s) -
Richard Harris
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
arboriculture and urban forestry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2155-0778
pISSN - 1935-5297
DOI - 10.48044/jauf.1994.010
Subject(s) - confusion , pruning , heading (navigation) , terminology , thinning , tree (set theory) , computer science , mathematics , biology , psychology , geography , linguistics , forestry , botany , philosophy , mathematical analysis , geodesy , psychoanalysis
Confusion and disagreement exist as to the definition of several commonly used pruning terms. One of the problems has been that the different purposes and types of pruning have not been clearly distinguished. Pruning terms should convey the purpose of a practice and should indicate that a given practice will usually result in a specific plant response or predictable tree form.