Key:leaf_type

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Picea abies Nadelkissen.jpg
Description
Describes the type of leaves Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: natural
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Documented values: 5
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Status: approvedPage for proposal

leaf_type=* describes the type of leaves, for instance broadleaved, or needleleaved.

This key is used as refinement for woody vegetation, such as woodlands, trees or shrubs.

How to map

Draw an area area around the grounds of the the woodland or place a node node at the centre of the grounds.

Add one of the following objects:

This tag does not apply on boundary=forest or boundary=forest_compartment entities, only on underlying natural=wood/landuse=forest entities.

Leaf type values
Tag Comment Wide-view
picture
Close-up-view pictures
leaf_type=broadleaved

Broadleaved woody vegetation.

Mainly  angiosperms, but also some conifers.

WaldAlfeld.jpg Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest.jpg Fagus sylvatica leaf 001.jpg Feigenbaum im Frühsommer.jpg ArichtiPalmTree.JPG GingkoLeaf.jpg
leaf_type=needleleaved

Needleleaved woody vegetation.

This category includes all plants with needle-like leaves, even if they are not  conifers.

Swiss National Park 131.JPG Pinus canariensis (Barlovento) 06 ies.jpg Picea abies Nadelkissen.jpg Larix decidua.jpg Calocedrus decurrens 7976.jpg Acacia ulicifolia flowers 1.jpg
leaf_type=mixed Habitat with broadleaved and needleleaved woody vegetation. 09272008 BrightonUT.JPG
leaf_type=leafless

Leafless vegetation.

Plants without any leaves and plants that apparently do not have leaves in the common sense.

Sentinel Peak Tucson Arizona.JPG Saguaro jul04 38.jpg Pachycereus weberi (1).jpg

These values relate to the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) by FAO. The Global Forest Map (GFM) by UNEP-WCMC and the Global Land Cover 2000 Project by EU use the same terminology.

Rendering

Tag Rendering Comment Pictures
leaf_type=broadleaved Leaftype broadleaved.png Broadleaved woodland. WaldAlfeld.jpg Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest.jpg
leaf_type=needleleaved Leaftype needleleaved.png Needleleaved woodland. Swiss National Park 131.JPG Pinus canariensis (Barlovento) 06 ies.jpg
leaf_type=mixed Leaftype mixed.png Mixed woodland. Mixed forest-Poland spring.jpg 09272008 BrightonUT.JPG
leaf_type=leafless Leaftype leafless.png Leafless vegetation Sentinel Peak Tucson Arizona.JPG Saguaro jul04 38.jpg

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