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Jun 29, 2014 11:15
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French term
parquet
French to English
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Forestry / Wood / Timber
Here's the sentence in which the term appears: "...plus la gestion des forêts vers des peuplements irréguliers traités par parquet ou par bouquet". I understand the bouquet is a clump, but what about the "parquet"
I found a definition for the term as "surface (de plusieurs dizaines d’ares) où les arbres
sont de dimensions voisines".
Can anyone help with the English equivalent? Thanks in advance
I found a definition for the term as "surface (de plusieurs dizaines d’ares) où les arbres
sont de dimensions voisines".
Can anyone help with the English equivalent? Thanks in advance
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | medium-sized stand |
DLyons
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| 4 -1 | evenly spaced stand |
Francis Marche
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| 4 -1 | stand |
Dominic D
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Proposed translations
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28
evenly spaced stand
Some references to detail the concept below. The "even-ageness" is often associated with that type of stand but not always. A characteristic feature in any planted forest. It's a landscape feature of the stand.
The area is dominated by a uniform, low-growing, evenly spaced stand of black sagebrush (Artemisia nova). Shrub interspaces are essentially barren of other ..
http://wildlife.utah.gov/range/pdf/wmu01/01-10.pdf
A value of 100 theoretically indicates that tree crowns fully occupy the growing space in an unthinned, evenly spaced stand.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...
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A "parquet structure" is in opposition to "a clump-structure stand" having gaps between clumps.
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DLyons
: You have found some definitions of parquet which differ from the asker's definition. IMHO, neither of them really seem to conclusively support your term. But that's for the asker to decide.
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Do you need French "parquet" mentioned in an English reference ?
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medium-sized stand
The distinction that needs to be made is between small (bouquet) and medium size.
Bouquet : groupe d’arbres de dimension et d’âge voisins s’étendant sur quelques ares.
Parquet : surface (de plusieurs dizaines d’ares) où les arbres sont de dimensions voisines.
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Clump - A tight cluster of two to five trees of similar age and size originating from a common rooting zone that typically lean away from each other when mature. A clump is relatively isolated from other clumps or trees within a group of trees, but a stand-alone clump of trees can function as a tree group.
Doesn't equate to bouquet for me.
Bouquet : groupe d’arbres de dimension et d’âge voisins s’étendant sur quelques ares.
Parquet : surface (de plusieurs dizaines d’ares) où les arbres sont de dimensions voisines.
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Clump - A tight cluster of two to five trees of similar age and size originating from a common rooting zone that typically lean away from each other when mature. A clump is relatively isolated from other clumps or trees within a group of trees, but a stand-alone clump of trees can function as a tree group.
Doesn't equate to bouquet for me.
Peer comment(s):
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Dominic D
: how about sub-stand ? see my new reference
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Thanks Dominic. That might work, we're talking about a square of side 150 m or so. Or a circle of radius say 90m.
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stand
the text says that the forest is planted irregularly (meaning at different times) and managed by "parquet ou par bouquet"
the definition of a parquet is an area of several thousand m² of trees (10 ares = 1000 m²) of evenly sized trees. So by definition they are even-aged.
“A community of trees sufficiently uniform in species composition, age, arrangement, and condition to be distinguishable as a group from the forest or other growth on the adjoining area, and thus forming a silviculture or management entity.”
There is nothing in the text to suggest it is evenly spaced
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it may be more accurate to call it a sub-stand as stand is closer to parcelle
http://www.earthzine.org/2012/06/22/supporting-precision-for...
The new method being developed at Forest Research aims to refine forest inventory by creating estimates at sub-stand level, capable of reflecting the degree of variability in stand conditions
the definition of a parquet is an area of several thousand m² of trees (10 ares = 1000 m²) of evenly sized trees. So by definition they are even-aged.
“A community of trees sufficiently uniform in species composition, age, arrangement, and condition to be distinguishable as a group from the forest or other growth on the adjoining area, and thus forming a silviculture or management entity.”
There is nothing in the text to suggest it is evenly spaced
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it may be more accurate to call it a sub-stand as stand is closer to parcelle
http://www.earthzine.org/2012/06/22/supporting-precision-for...
The new method being developed at Forest Research aims to refine forest inventory by creating estimates at sub-stand level, capable of reflecting the degree of variability in stand conditions
Example sentence:
A fairly uniform collection of trees, composed of one or a few species, comprising one age class, from either artificial or natural regeneration.
Si les arbres sont tous sensiblement du même âge, le traitement est dit « régulier ». Si au contraire, tous les âges sont représentés dans une certaine proximité, le traitement est dit « irrégulier »
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DLyons
: Yes, I'd go along with that. What it doesn't address is the parquet/bouquet distinction.// As you say, English doesn't seem to do much size classification. I don't entirely agree with "clump" - see below.
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thanks but in English forestry there doesn't seem to be as many distinctions as in French. The asker has already found clump for bouquet and stand seems quite good for parquet
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Francis Marche
: "A stand" is generic E for generic "peuplement" in French. "Parquet" exists in French in reference to specific "peuplements": a forest unit evenly spaced and managed for a single purpose (regeneration, soil erosion control). "Sub-stand" is unspecific.
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so what do you suggest? If stand is peuplement in French then your suggestion is peuplement equidistant alors .. rather than parquet.
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Discussion
Your term does not address his definition.
PARQUET :
"Emprise de surface variable, entre celle d'un bouquet et celle d'une parcelle, sur laquelle il est procédé à une opération sylvicole définie; c'est le cas par exemple d'un parquet de régénération ou d'un parquet d'amélioration".
Any reference to an "even-aged stand" here DLyons ?
http://www.crpf-limousin.com/france/lexique-forestier-71.htm
There is NO NOTION OF TREES BEING OF EQUAL SIZE OR AGE in that definition. Furthermore, these "peuplements" (stands) can be either regular or irregular (meaning, even-aged or uneven-aged)
In Forestry, equal sized trees equate to their being planted at the same time and the English term for that is "even-aged" https://www.google.ie/search?num=100&lr=&safe=images&as_qdr=...