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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Nutzgehölz

English translation:

commercial timber species

Added to glossary by David Williams
Sep 29, 2008 13:56
15 yrs ago
German term

Nutzgehölz

German to English Science Botany Environment and reforestation
This has been proposed as an answer (but not selected) before (see http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_german/botany/2605885-r... but I'm sure it is more along the lines of a commercial or economically viable/exploitable tree species (or type of timber). The context is (similarly) about the combination of pioneer species and species of economic value (Pionierarten und solche, die wirtschaftlich gut genutzt werden können) for reclaiming rainforest that was previously cleared for use as pasture.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 commercial timber species
3 +2 commercially useful tree species
3 wood-producing (tree) species

Proposed translations

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Selected

commercial timber species

This generates quite a few google hits; in other words, I think you're on the right track. Economically useful tree species also generates a few hits, and might cover species that maybe aren't used as timber but have other important uses, even less direct ones such as wildlife habitat, erosion control, etc.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Cetacea : Assuming that the author of the source text means "Nutzholz" ("Gehölz" is something else), "timber species" would be the term to use; timber is commercial by definition. If it's used for wildlife habitat or erosion control, it's not called Nutzholz.
1 hr
agree KARIN ISBELL : Alternatively, Muret/Sanders' American version is 'lumber'
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to all answerer! The other suggestions were good too, but this seems the most appropriate here."
1 hr

wood-producing (tree) species

if it is indeed only about wood-production.

The term "Nutzgehölze" could also include fruit-bearing, ... plants.

http://books.google.de/books?id=FOUxmt-vwf4C&pg=PA66&lpg=PA6...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Colin Rowe : Sounds nice, but don't all trees produce wood? (For UK ears, anyway). Perhaps: "timber-producing (tree) species", i.e. producing wood that is actually used for something by people.
10 mins
Yes, you are right. "wood" is not clear enough - timber producing species is much better and also googles very well! Thank you for this suggestion.
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+2
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commercially useful tree species

This way you would include fruit-bearing trees as well as trees grown for timber.

I am thinking tropical fruit, coffee, cocoa, oil palms, rubber trees etc. (Hopefully the reforestation of the rainforest won't serve solely the purpose of logging...)

It depends on your context.
Example sentence:

But even at that it is difficult to not be impressed by David Pert's estimate that Bornean tropical forest may support 400 tree species per soil type or Boone Kaufman's estimate that Amazonia supports over two hundred **commercially useful tree species**

Reference:

http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/teach/fs507/comments.htm

Peer comment(s):
agree Cetacea : That would work nicely.
52 mins
Thank you, Cetacea.
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator) : mit Cetacea
1 day 17 hrs
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