Woody plants are important elements of forest ecosystems and landscapes. The course gives an introduction to dendrology as well as to the identification of native tree and shrub species. It is a highly recomended course for the BSc specialization of Forest and Landscape and it provides the basic requirements for the consecutive course Woody Plants of Central Europe in the spring semester.

Formulation of the design of a typology of goods and services, which can be offered in the context of forest and landscape. To be acquainted with the anatomical, technical and economical dimensions of wood. Theoretical and methodological basics to valuate forest and landscape products and services will be introduced in economic, political, juridical and socio-cultural perspectives.

Description of morphological features suitable for identification of woody plants in the absence of leaves. Diagnostic value of selected features. Degree of variability of features.Description of about 50 shrubby and arborescent species. Methods and tools used in the field and/or the laboratory.

To familiarize with the intricacies of forest ecosystems in general and woody plants in particular; phenological and morphological aspects of trees and forest in spring and summer; bud break; leaf development, and flowering in the forest, on individual trees, and on individual twigs; characteruzation and identification of selected wody plants.

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Description of the microscopic structure of wood. Appearance of the tissue elements in transverse, radial and tangential sections, and their suitability for the identification of stem wood.Description of the microscopic wood structure of about 25 indigenous soft- and hardwood species.

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Trees and shrubs are significant structural elements of forests and landscapes and drivers of several important ecosystem processes. The course builds on the Introduction to Dendrology (Autumn Semester) and provides a wide survey about the woody plant flora of Central Europe as well as an in-depth knowledge of the identification, the ecology and the use of a large palett of selected species.