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natural = wood
Description
Tree-covered area (a 'forest' or 'wood') not managed for economic purposes.
Rendering in openstreetmap-carto
Group: Forest
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name=*t leaf_type=* leaf_cycle=*
See also
Forest landuse=forest managed=* operator=*
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Status: de facto
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Tree-covered area (a 'forest' or 'wood') not managed for economic purposes.

Commonly used tag in case of primary forest (e.g. tropical forests, taiga).

There are major differences in the way this tag and landuse=forest are used by some Openstreetmap users.

Most of mappers use this tag for woodland not impacted by forestry management.

Many mappers use this tag to show wooded land in urban areas.

Others use this tag only for forest of natural origin.

It is also used for any forest, by mappers that are not interested in making distinction between both tags.

Please see the page Forest to compare the usage of this tag and landuse=forest.

How to map

Draw an area to match shape of woodland and tag it natural=wood. If exact match is infeasible then approximate shape is acceptable. As the last resort place a node instead of an area.

Additional tags

• name=* - name of woodland
• leaf_type=broadleaved/needleleaved/mixed - describes the type of leaves / needles.
• leaf_cycle=deciduous/evergreen/mixed - describes the phenology of leaves / needles.

Rendering

• Standard tile layer:

If leaf_type=* is also set, this can be indicated by appropriate symbols for conifers, deciduous trees and mixed forests.

Tag	Rendering	Comment	Pictures
leaf_type=broadleaved		Broadleaved woodland (doesn't mean deciduous).
leaf_type=needleleaved		Needleleaved woodland
leaf_type=mixed		Mixed woodland.
leaf_type=leafless		Leafless vegetation

Tagging mistakes

• landuse=wood

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!

See also

• Forest for difference to
• leaf_type=* and leaf_cycle=*
• landcover=trees
• When should we use landuse=forest rather than natural=wood? on help.openstreetmap.org
• natural=tree
• natural=scrub
• Habitat
• plant_community=*
• species=* for species (scientific) name
• taxon=* for general scientific name and discussion of recording cover values
• Vegetation - summary of tags for various types of trees and plants

Related terms: ‹ woods › ‹ forest ›