Notes on green landcover tags in OpenStreetMap
Natural (unmanaged):
- Wood (
natural=wood): Unmanaged land covered by trees - Scrub (
natural=scrub): Land covered by uncultivated shrubs, bushes, or stunted trees of medium height. Note difference fromnatural=shrub, which is for single plants - Heath (
natural=heath): Characterized by open, low-growing woody vegetation, e.g. sagebrush or heather - Meadow (
landuse=meadow): Land primarily covered by grass and other non-woody plants, mainly used for hay or grazing.- See subtag
meadow==agricultural: Hay=pasture: Grazing=paddock: animals are kept here=wildflower: primarily a conservation habitat than production of grass.
- See subtag
- Grassland (
natural=grassland): Land dominated by grass and other non-woody plants which is left to be wild - Tundra
Artificial (managed):
- Forest (
landuse=forest): Managed land covered by trees - Shrubbery (
natural=shrubbery): Manicured/maintained shrubs - Grass (
landuse=grass): Mowed grass - Farmland (
landuse=farmland): crops. See additional tag:crop=: grass, hay, alfalfa, etc.