Clear cutting: Acer pseudoplatanus + Ailanthus altissima (4804' N 1633' E)

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2011-09-04 Lower Austria, district Wien Umgebung (225 msm Quadrant 7965/1).German names: Berg-Ahorn + Hoch-GtterbaumForest exploited in 'Niederwaldwirtschaft' (short rotation coppice - for that see remarks here); however, with switching from traditional methods (that is, leaving the cut forest alone, which will grow new shoots from stumps and roots) to a much less favourable in terms of biodiversity: saplings are planted (here Acer pseudoplatanus), and unwanted growth of other trees is cut down.Here you can see a stump (of Quercus pubescens, would be my guess) which is dead already, and surrounding the acorn saplings you can see plenty of (mostly) Ailanthus altissima which have been cut recently.