Glossary of terms

A reference section with categories and short explanations.

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Sparse stand

Ландшафтные термины

A park stand with low vertical canopy closure, whose characteristic feature is the absence of undergrowth. Allows creation of deep perspectives.

Symmetry

Ландшафтные термины

(ancient Greek συμμετρία – «uniformity», «proportion») – the appropriateness of the placement of elements of an object's form relative to a straight line (axis of symmetry), which is perceived by the eye as a particular kind of orderliness…

Skansen

Ландшафтные термины

An open-air museum that houses ethnographic monuments from various districts of the region; mainly these are examples of traditional wooden architecture.

Solitaire

Ландшафтные термины

A tree or shrub growing separately.

Staffage

Ландшафтные термины

Figures of people, small genre scenes introduced into the composition of a landscape park to enliven it.

Stem

Ландшафтные термины

The leafless, branch-free section of the trunk from the root collar to the first scaffold branch of the crown. As a rule, standard trees are formed for avenue plantings or as solitary specimens.