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Quercus petraea

Acer pseudoplatanus

Larix decidua

Fagus sylvatica

Ce projet vise a restaurer une parcelle d'épicéas monospécifiques scolytés. En effet, à l'instar de l'agriculture, la monoculture appauvrit les sols, affaiblit la biodiversité et augmente la vulnérabilité des peuplements aux aléas. Ici, c'est un coléoptère, le scolyte qui a provoqué un dépérissement massif du peuplement en place. En effet les populations de ce coléoptères ont explosé ces dernières années avec des hivers trop doux notamment.
Deux espèces de résineux seront introduites, mais il faut surtout noter l'introduction de feuillus comme le hêtre et l’érable sycomore qui sont des espèces naturellement présentes et particulièrement adaptées aux sols et au climat. L'objectif de ce nouveau boisement est d'augmenter le potentiel de résilience du massif forestier dont il fait partie et de permettre à la diversité de réinvestir le massif.

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The project is rooted in the west of the Grand Duchy, in the Oesling region near Redange and the Belgian border. Luxembourg has 34.8% forest cover, covering just over 90,000 hectares. These are spread across the four major ecological zones of the Oesling, Gutland, Moselle and Minette.

Over the course of the 20th century, Luxembourg was heavily planted with spruce, a resinous species favoured for the technological characteristics of its wood and its ability to grow quickly. Unfortunately, the spruce was planted as a monoculture and in recent years the bark beetle has decimated most of the stands. This is an unprecedented disaster for Luxembourg and European forests.

The aim of this project is to restore a plot of bark-affected monospecific spruce trees. Like agriculture, monoculture impoverishes the soil, weakens biodiversity and increases the vulnerability of stands to hazards. In this case, it was a beetle, the bark beetle, that caused a massive decline in the existing stand. Populations of this beetle have exploded in recent years, particularly as a result of excessively mild winters.
Two coniferous species will be introduced, but it is particularly important to note the introduction of deciduous trees such as beech and sycamore maple, which are naturally occurring species that are particularly well adapted to the soil and climate. The aim of this new afforestation is to increase the resilience potential of the forest massif of which it forms part, and to allow diversity to return to the massif.

Rambrouch - Luxembourg