Tag:natural=heath

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Description
A dwarf-shrub habitat, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
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Group: natural
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
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Status: de facto

The tag natural=heath is used to map areas of heath or heathland: a dwarf-shrub habitat, characterized by open, low-growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae (Heather). The tag natural=heath can be applied to any similar habitat worldwide.[1]

How to map

Draw an area and add natural=heath.

Mapping caveats

This tag should not be used for:

  • parks which happen to be named "something heath" (e.g., "Hampstead Heath"; quite common in England). A park should be tagged leisure=park, leisure=nature_reserve or boundary=protected_area as appropriate, even if it has "heath" in the name. Only if it is genuinely a heath fitting the description above (and not primarily regarded as a normal public park) then use this tag.
  • areas dominated by taller shrubs – use natural=scrub instead.
  • areas primarily covered by herbaceous (non-woody) plants like grasses – use natural=grassland or landuse=meadow, if used for grazing, instead.

Examples

Here are various examples from different ecosystems – what can be seen in the foreground in those can commonly be mapped as natural=heath.

See also

Possible tagging mistakes

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If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
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Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

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