Package: Woodlands

Parent: Vegetation

Relevant types:

Name Type Definition Description
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.