u/TreeHolePoster

Riparian

Provenance: Established ecological and geographic terminology adopted for tree hole classification.

Standard definition: Relating to or situated within the transitional areas adjoining rivers, streams, and other bodies of water.

Tree hole classification eligibility: This descriptor may be assigned when the tree containing the hole is located in or near a river or stream.

Classification category: Function / access / ecology

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A noticer accepts that some tree holes eventually outgrow the trees assigned to contain them.

Longitudinal

Provenance: Established English and scientific terminology adopted for tree hole classification.

Standard definition: Running lengthwise; extending in the direction of the long axis.

Tree hole classification eligibility: This descriptor may be assigned when an exterior tree hole runs lengthwise along the trunk, stump, branch, or root.

Classification category: Shape / morphology.

Interradicular

Provenance: Established anatomical terminology adopted for tree hole classification.

Standard definition: Situated or occurring between roots. The term is established particularly in dental anatomy, where interradicular structures and spaces occur between the roots of multirooted teeth.

Tree hole classification eligibility: This descriptor may be assigned when the tree hole is located between roots.

Classification category: Location / Orientation

Orbital

Provenance: Established English terminology specialized for tree hole classification.

Standard definition: Of, relating to, or forming an orbit.

Tree hole classification eligibility: This is an adjacent descriptor. It may be assigned when circumferential girdling is present on the trunk of a tree.

Adjacent descriptors extend tree hole classification to qualifying formations, objects, or conditions that are not themselves traditional tree holes.

Classification category: Shape / morphology