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Gehölzrandstaude

English translation: herbaceous border plant(s)

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German term or phrase:	Gehölzrandstaude
English translation:	herbaceous border plant(s)
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14:54 Feb 9, 2004

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Botany

German term or phrase: Gehölzrandstaude

Aber auch in Schatten und Halbschatten sind
Rabatten möglich mit Gehölz- oder Gehölzrandstauden,
die meist eher durch ihre Blatteffekte als
durch ihre Blüten bezaubern.
Talking about garden and flowerbed design.

babbleon KudoZ activity Questions: 202 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 45 Germany
Local time: 07:03

herbaceous border plant(s)

Explanation:
... is the only thing I found yet.
Perhaps it's implicit in this expression that it borders to shrub or wood or timber.

http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/a1.asp?title=Herbaceous B...
Herbaceous Border Plants - 2/9/2004

Plant name 'Variety' (Synonym) reference no. Price-Codes sub-catalogues Family catalogues
Abelmoschus manihot (Hibiscus man.) 407689 1p7 30s9 10g14 250g163
Abelmoschus manihot 'Sunset Grandiflora' 5096 1p8 1g8 25g50 10g55 100g452
Abelmoschus moschatus 68996 1p5 200s10 100s13 1,000s94 1Kg154
Abelmoschus moschatus 'Dwarf Pacific Mix' 404328 1g10 1,000s41 10g70 5,000s178 100g540
Abelmoschus moschatus 'Dwarf Pacific Orange-Red' 434465 1g10 10g70 100g540
Abelmoschus moschatus 'Dwarf Pacific Pink' 434464 1g10 10g70 100g540
Abronia elliptica 442060 15s9
Abronia fragrans v fragrans 65249 1p10
...
etc etc

http://englishgarden.lifetips.com/TipSC.asp__Q__id__E__61931...
Introduced as an herbaceous border plant during the late 19th Century. The triffid- like Japanese Knotweed with it´s 6ft-8 ft tall hollow stems, heart shaped leaves and greenish white flowers now rates as one of the most pernicious weeds.

Selected response from:

Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Local time: 07:03

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Summary of answers provided

4 +1

forest / woodland edge plant(s)

Eckhard Boehle

3 +2

herbaceous border plant(s)

Eckhard Boehle

shrubbery along woodland fringes

gangels

border shrubs / hedges

Melanie Nassar

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Gehölzrandstaude

herbaceous border plant(s)

Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Local time: 07:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks!

26 mins confidence:

border shrubs / hedges

Explanation:
it's just another possibility

... An alternative includes using border shrubs, usually multi-stemmed, woody plants
found on the edge of the pond in areas that are flooded only periodically. ...

turf.lib.msu.edu/1990s/1991/910915.pdf

Melanie Nassar
Palestine
Local time: 08:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Gehölzrandstaude forest / woodland edge plant(s)

Explanation:
I believe now that it should be "woodland or forest edge plants"!

http://www.drgndrop.com/garden/localPlants/forestEdge/questi...
Forest Edge Plant Communities
Emily Springfield
Questions

You find a greater number of species on the forest edge because there is more light and water available at ground level. It's also possible that the presence of a trail or road facilitates the moving of seeds, which leads to a greater diversity of species.
The area is biologically dynamic because it is always trying to "move" from an open field habitat to a more forested habitat. A climax community has not been established yet.
Some species grow here that wouldn't grow in a forest or field because the proportions of sunlight, shade, an shelter are different from those locations. e.g. mustards grow better where there is more sunlight, and don't usually grow deep in a forest. Mayapples need shade and couldn't grow in an open field.

http://www.chatburnwildlife.org.uk/photos/woodedge.htm:
Woodland edge plants

http://www.esveld.nl/hm/zoek/engels/hml1en.htm:
WOODLAND EDGE. Plants for a more or less open space with an occasional tree or shrub. In principle occasionally some sun.

Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Local time: 07:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12

23 hrs confidence:

shrubbery along woodland fringes

Explanation:
...are possible with shrubbery in general or such thriving along the fringes of wooded areas...

I think shrubbery is the most inclusive of this type of low growing 'herbaceous' plants and readily understood by the reader

gangels
United States
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of:

English,

German