Table 3a.

Provisional values of the content of foliar nitrogen (g per kg dry matter) for the estimation of N-deficiency in the leaves in the period from early August to mid-September (4,8,9).

Tree speciesN-Supply
Too lowLowNormalOptimal
Acer campestre< 1515-1718-22> 22
Acer negundo< 1313-1617-22> 22
Acer platanoides< 1717-2223-27> 27
Acer pseudoplatanus< 1717-2223-27> 27
Acer saccharinum< 1313-1819-27> 27
Aesculus hippocastanum< 1414-1819-22> 22
Alnus glutinosa< 2222-2526-30> 30
Alnus incana< 2020-2425-30> 30
Betula pendula< 1818-2223-30> 30
Carpinus betulus< 1515-1920-27> 27
Corylus avellana< 1818-2223-25> 25
Corylus colurna< 1818-2223-30> 30
Crataegus laevigata< 1515-1819-22> 22
Crataegus monogyna< 1515-1819-22> 22
Fagus sylvatica< 1818-2021 -28> 28
Fraxinus excelsior< 1818-2223-28> 28
Gleditsia triacanthos< 1616-1920-25> 25
Juglans nigra< 1515-2021 -26> 26
Juglans regia< 2020-2526-35> 35
Liquidambar styraciflua< 1414-1718-28> 28
Liriodendron tulipifera< 2020-2526-30> 30
Malus domestica (*)< 1717-2223-25> 25
Platanus x acerifolia< 1515-1920-26> 26
Populus alba (*)< 1414-1819-25> 25
Populus x canescens (*)< 1414-1718-25> 25
P. x euramericana (*)< 2222-2526-28> 28
Populus nigra (*)< 2020-2425-28> 28
Populus tremula< 1515-1819-25> 25
Prunus avium (**)< 1515-1819-26> 26
Prunus cerasus< 1515-1819-26> 26
Prunus domestica< 1818-2122-25> 25
Pyrus communis (*)< 1818-2324-28> 28
Quercus palustris< 1818-2021 -28> 28
Quercus robur< 1818-2021 -28> 28
Robinia pseudoacacia< 2020-2526-30> 30
Salix alba (*)< 1818-2122-28> 28
Salix triandra< 1818-2223-30> 30
Salix viminalis< 2020-2223-30> 30
Sorbus aria< 1515-1819-22> 22
Sorbus aucuparia< 1515-1819-22> 22
Tilia americana< 2121-2627-31> 31
Tilia cordata< 1717-2021 -24> 24
Tilia x euchlora< 1717-2122-26> 26
Tilia platyphyllos< 1717-2122-28> 28
Tilia x vulgaris< 1717-2425-28> 28
Ulmus carpinifolia< 1818-2223-27> 27
Ulmus glabra< 1818-2223-27> 27
Ulmus x hollandica (*)< 1818-2223-27> 27
  • * All cultivars

  • ** Provisionally, these criteria also apply to other species as those that are listed in the table