Package: Woodlands
Parent: Vegetation
Relevant types:
Name | Type | Definition | Description |
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ClearedWay_C | Feature Type | A man-made cleared strip through a vegetated region. | May be designed to: provide access for a road, railroad, pipeline, power transmission line, or electrical signal line; demarcate a boundary; obtain survey line-of-sight; or to impede the progress of forest fires (a firebreak). |
ClearedWay_P | Feature Type | A man-made cleared strip through a vegetated region. | May be designed to: provide access for a road, railroad, pipeline, power transmission line, or electrical signal line; demarcate a boundary; obtain survey line-of-sight; or to impede the progress of forest fires (a firebreak). |
ClearedWay_S | Feature Type | A man-made cleared strip through a vegetated region. | May be designed to: provide access for a road, railroad, pipeline, power transmission line, or electrical signal line; demarcate a boundary; obtain survey line-of-sight; or to impede the progress of forest fires (a firebreak). |
ForestClearing_P | Feature Type | A site in a forest or wood(s) that has been cleared, often for slash and burn agriculture and/or as a result of clear-cutting logging. | May also occur from natural causes such as a forest fire. |
ForestClearing_S | Feature Type | A site in a forest or wood(s) that has been cleared, often for slash and burn agriculture and/or as a result of clear-cutting logging. | May also occur from natural causes such as a forest fire. |
Forest_C | Feature Type | A tract of land primarily covered by trees and undergrowth. | The area is sometimes mixed with pasture. |
Forest_P | Feature Type | A tract of land primarily covered by trees and undergrowth. | The area is sometimes mixed with pasture. |
Forest_S | Feature Type | A tract of land primarily covered by trees and undergrowth. | The area is sometimes mixed with pasture. |
Grove_P | Feature Type | A small wood or similar collection of trees growing closely together. | May occur naturally or be deliberately planted for shade, ornamentation, and/or as an orchard (for example: of olives or citrus fruit). |
Grove_S | Feature Type | A small wood or similar collection of trees growing closely together. | May occur naturally or be deliberately planted for shade, ornamentation, and/or as an orchard (for example: of olives or citrus fruit). |
LoggingSite_P | Feature Type | A tract of vegetation that is being exploited for lumber resources. | - |
LoggingSite_S | Feature Type | A tract of vegetation that is being exploited for lumber resources. | - |
Tree_P | Feature Type | An individual woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground. | May be distinguished by its relative isolation from other features, thus serving as a landmark. |