NALT

Preferred term

girdling

Topic

Injury resulting from removal or tight encircling of the bark or cambium around the outer circumference of a plant stem or tree trunk, which may cause death by disrupting nutrient transport.

plant damage

tree damage

branch girdling
ring barking
stem girdling
tree girdling
trunk girdling

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

59719

Spanish

anillado

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/146609

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Created 8/2/11, last modified 6/13/17