Tag:natural=wood
 natural = wood
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Tree-covered area (a 'forest' or 'wood') 
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Rendering in openstreetmap-carto 
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| Group: Forest |
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| Status: de facto |
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| Wikidata |
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Tree-covered area (a 'forest' or 'wood'). Used by some mappers to tag only certain woodland areas with limited or no forestry management, but often used for any tree-covered 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. This problem is explained in the page Forest.
See the page Forest to understand the usage of this tag and landuse=forest.
How to map
Draw an area to match the shape of the woodland and tag it with natural=wood. If an 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
- managed=yes/no - proposed to specifically distinguish managed or unmanaged woodlands
- operator=* - for managed or protected woodlands
- species=* for species (scientific) name
- taxon=* for general scientific name and discussion of recording cover values
- plant_community=*
carto Rendering of subtags
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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See also
- Forest for relation to landuse=forest
- wetland=swamp
- natural=tree - for a single tree
- natural=scrub - scrubland, with bushes and shrubs
- Habitat
- Vegetation - summary of tags for various types of trees and plants
Tagging mistakes
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
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