Database

Retain trees and shrubs on the lighting strip in the undergrowth

Habitat	Function	Type of work
Forest	Living environment	Pre-commercial thinning

In order to maintain biodiversity and ensure ecological coherence, forest management shall maintain the structural elements of habitats (e.g. trees from the previous felling period, old-growth trees and stumps, flatwoods, hardwoods, hollow trees, trees with burn marks, shrub species and species of trees that are not very common in the forest), also taking into account their potential impact on forest health, timber quality, ecosystem condition and human safety.

Description of the action

Maintain understorey trees and shrubs (e.g. gorse, hickory, holly, bramble, hawthorn, rowan) to an extent that does not impede the growth of the target species.

Why?

Many shrub species flower and bear berries that provide food for insects, birds and mammals.

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