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LK0074 Dynamic Vegetation Design

Mareile Michelson
2010 April
 the edge
buffer zone between the farmfields and Alnarp park

CANOPY • Strong edge

oak, beech, mainly on the edges,
inside died back • Buffer
UNDER STOREY • Dead trees
beech, linden
• Semy-dense
SHRUB LAYER
new sprouts from stumps (Fagus • In-the-woods feeling
sylvatica), hazel, hawthorn

30

20

10

0
Crataegus sp.
hawthorn
Quercus robur
oak

dead tree

Quercus robur
beech
Crataegus sp.
hawthorn

Crataegus sp.
hawthorn

Fagus sylvatica
beech

Fagus sylvatica
beech
Fagus sylvatica
beech
Fagus sylvatica
beech
dog trail

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
 oak meadow
Alnarps Castle

• spacious • roofed • new plantings

CANOPY
oak

UNDER STOREY
oak

SHRUB LAYER
none

30

20

10

0
Quercus robur
oak

Quercus robur
oak

Quercus robur
oak

Quercus robur
oak
footpath

Quercus robur
oak
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
 Sparce planting
Visible layers

Dead trees
Airy
•
•
•
•

oak
Quercus robur
40
linden
Tilia sp.
irregular planting near Alnarps Castle

35
hazel
Corylus avellana
forest park

30
beech
Fagus sylvatica
beech
Fagus sylvatica

25
beech from stump
Fagus sylvatica
footpath

20
beech
Fagus sylvatica

15
hazel
Corylus avellana

10
beech
Fagus sylvatica
hawthorn
Crataegus sp.

5
beech
Fagus sylvatica

0
0
20

15

10

5
new sprouts from stumps (Fagus
sylvatica), hazel, hawthorn
UNDER STOREY

SHRUB LAYER
beech, linden
oak, beech
CANOPY
 young forest
Alnarps Landscape Theatre - irregular planting with creek

CANOPY
beech, willow, alder

UNDER STOREY
wild cherry, beech

SHRUB LAYER
hazel, hawthorn, willow
• Tense
10
• Freeranged underbrush
• Access through footbaths

0
Crataegus sp.
hawthorn

Corylus avellana
hazel

Prunus avium
wild cherry

Fagus sylvatica
beech
footpath

Alnus glutinosa
alder

footpath
Fagus sylvatica
beech
Fagus sylvatica
beech
Salix sp.
willow

Salix sp.
willow
0 5 10 15 20 25
 bent by the river
willow in Lund

• New horizontal growth

• Force of water
• Natural bridge

30

20

10

0
Salix sp.
willow

river

0 10 20 30