Tag:natural=wood
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 natural = wood
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| Forest. Sometimes considered to have restricted meaning "Woodland with no forestry". |
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| Group: Forest |
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A group of trees (a 'forest' or 'wood') usually mapped as an area.
There are major differences in the way this tag and landuse=forest are used by some Openstreetmap users. Some use this tag to show an area is covered in trees, others use it for woodland not impacted by human maintenance or 'forestry'. This problem is explained in the page Forest.
Please see the page Forest to compare the usage of this tag and landuse=forest.
How to map
Create an area and tag it natural=wood.
If you are not sure of its border you can place a single node in the middle and tag it natural=wood but the area is preferable.
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
If leaf_type=* is also set, this can be indicated by appropriate symbols for conifers, deciduous trees and mixed forests.
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| leaf_type=broadleaved | 
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Broadleaved woodland (doesn't mean deciduous). |  
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| leaf_type=needleleaved | 
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Needleleaved woodland |  _06_ies.jpg)
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| leaf_type=mixed | 
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Mixed woodland. |  
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| leaf_type=leafless | 
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Leafless vegetation |  
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Tagging mistakes
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!
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=*
- taxon=* for species and common name and discussion of recording cover values
- Vegetation - summary of tags for various types of trees and plants
