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Should landuse=forest be reserved only for where the woodland is actively harvested - if so, how can this be determined from the ground (especially with deciduous woodland, where there may be many years between harvests); What about copses? |
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landuse=forest is user where a forest has been planted by humans while natural=wood is used where the forest is planted naturally. landuse=forest is often more uniform in type, age and size of trees while natural=wood are often a combination of different type of trees of different size and age. This is because in an actively harvested forest (even where harvest can be generations apart) the trees are all planted at the same time and of the same type while in natural forests the trees are all planted at different times and by different types of seeds. Note that natural forests may have soil conditions that keeps some types of trees from growing allowing for less variation in types of trees making them difficult to distinguish from a planted forest. 2
My point is that it is virtually impossible to tell the difference on the ground; which was why I was seeking clarification. All the woodlands I know of are all managed to a certain extent, but none follow the description of trees being laid in a uniform type, and all include a mixture of species and ages.
(20 Jul '10, 08:59)
Rowland
As far Is I know, it is usual in France to let the harvested forest grow again, by itself, very young trees being not harvested. From time to time, some young trees are destroyed, as to give space to others. This is usefull with slow growing trees, such as oaks (barrels for wine maturing are made of oak).
(20 Apr '12, 18:28)
HelenePETIT
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