Managing trees and forest environments

This course introduces the concepts of plant architecture and whole-plant development (stem and root) as part of a diagnosis of the condition of trees and their functioning, with a view to management adapted to objectives. The consideration and management of trees responds to different criteria depending on the contexts considered (forest, fruit or urban). The following topics will be covered both theoretically and practically, using real-life situations. (1) General information on the morphology and architecture of the whole plant, (2) Tree life trajectories, forms of expectation (3) Trauma (competition, pruning, bio-aggressors) and architectural reactivity (4) Practical work on diagnosing forest, fruit and urban trees.

"Based on observation of the structure of trees, alignments or forest stands: (1) know how to determine their condition in relation to a reference development sequence, (2) be able to assess the adequacy or otherwise of the growth expressed in relation to the observed state of development, (3) identify the existence or otherwise of reaction structures, make a diagnosis of the architectural condition of an individual; (4) draw up a summary of the condition of trees and issue management recommendations."

Plant morphology

100% continuous assessment