Glossary

Glossary on "Radioactivity Dyanamics in Forest"
-Trees and flows-

The aboveground part of trees including shafts, branches and leaves.

The shaft of a tree. Trunk is the main construction of trees, supporting branches and supported by roots.

Ground surface of forest and nearest part of ground surface.

Litter layer (L layer)
The layer of depositing raw fallen leaves, branches, barks and fruits.
Fallen leaves layer
The layer aboveground, consisted of fallen leaves, branches and decomposed organic matters. Litter layer contains the litter layer.

The wooden part of trees which cut to use as materials.

Heartwood
The central part of woods. Dark colored, high intensity and durability, and low water content. Heartwood is consisted of dead cells.
Sapwood
The white part of woods around heartwoods. Sapwood is high in amylose and normally high water content, so lower durability than heartwood. Sapwood contains living cells.

Rainwater falling to forest bed through the crown.

Rainwater flowing along the stems.

Water flowing on the ground surface. It contains unpercolated water flowing on the ground or water once percolated and well up again.