Forestry glossary

An assortment groups wood with the same properties (species, use, dimension, grade) and drives marketing and price. The main assor…

Bark deduction subtracts the bark’s volume or diameter from the measurement to obtain the pure wood volume without bark. Deduction…

A diameter class groups logs by their diameter (usually by mid-diameter). It matters for sorting, pricing and analysis.…

Forstify’s digital timber measurement captures piles and single logs by camera with a smartphone or tablet — without a reference o…

ELDAT is the electronic data-exchange standard of the German forestry and timber sector. It transfers wood lists and measurement d…

Firewood is raw wood which is used for energetic purposes. It is sorted by length in short or long equal to sorting of pulpwood.…

A harvested solid cubic metre (Erntefestmeter, Efm) is the solid cubic metre of harvested wood without bark, often stated with ded…

A Polter (log pile) is a stack of roundwood piled at the forest road, ready for measurement, haulage and sale. In Forstify each pi…

A loose cubic metre (Schüttraummeter, SRm) measures poured, unstacked wood such as wood chips or split logs, including all voids. …

On the Forstify marketplace you publish offers and requests and find matching trading partners via automatic matchmaking — regiona…

The mid-diameter is a log’s diameter at its mid-length. It is the basis for volume calculation, e.g. via Huber’s mid-section formu…

Pallet wood is softwood or hardwood in smaller dimensions used to make pallets and packaging. It belongs to the special assortment…

Pulp wood or industrial wood is roundwood that is usually broken down mechanically or chemically and is intended for material use,…

Quality grade classifies roundwood by features such as straightness, knottiness and damage, and strongly determines the price. Com…

The RVR is Germany’s framework agreement for the roundwood trade. It standardises measurement, sorting and bark deductions, creati…

Roundwood is felled, delimbed stem wood in round form that has not yet been processed (e.g. sawn). It is the raw material for sawm…

Sectional volume measurement determines a pile’s volume section by section via height, width and length. Forstify captures it by c…

A solid cubic metre (Festmeter, Fm) is one cubic metre of solid wood — pure timber without air gaps. It is the key unit for roundw…

Special assortments include all other wood assortments that are intended for special uses, e.g. pallet wood, sleepers, poles, pile…

A stacked cubic metre (Raummeter, Rm; also “Ster”) is one cubic metre of stacked wood including the air gaps between logs. A conve…

In a standing sale, timber is sold “on the stump” — i.e. standing; the buyer handles harvesting, extraction and transport. This wa…

A standing solid cubic metre (Vorratsfestmeter, Vfm) describes the standing timber volume of a stand including bark. It is used fo…

Stem wood is roundwood which is intended for material use, particularly in the sawmill or veneer industry.…

A wood list bundles measurements and piles with quantities, assortments, photos and locations in one place. Forstify calculates so…