Tag:landuse=meadow
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An area of meadow or pasture: land primarily vegetated by grass and other non-woody plants, mainly used for hay or grazing. 
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Used to tag an area of meadow or pasture - land primarily vegetated by grass plus other non-woody plants, mainly used for hay (meadow) or for grazing animals (pasture).
How to map
Draw a way around the area of the meadow, and tag landuse=.
Tags in combination
If the meadow or pasture has a name, add name="name of meadow".
The key meadow=* has been used to indicate the process that protects the meadow status, or the kind of meadow.
meadow=agriculturala hay meadow or pasture, maintained by cutting, mowing or grazing.meadow=transitionalan area of grass which is transitioning to heath, scrub or woodland.meadow=perpetuala "meadow" which is retained by natural factors. (It is more common to usenatural=grasslandin this case)meadow=pasturea pasture for grazing livestock (not a hay meadow).meadow=paddockan area of grass where horses or other animals are keptmeadow=meadow_orchardan area which is both an orchard (with trees grown for fruit or nuts) and a meadow. (Also seeorchard=meadow_orchard+landuse=orchard)meadow=wildflowerA wildflower meadow. It serves primarily as a habitat for insects and for nature conservation rather than for the production of grass and hay. It is also usually regularly mown.
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Long grassy meadow
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Cut meadow -
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See also
landuse=farmland- An area of farmland used for tillage (cropland). This tag is sometimes also used for pasture or meadow.landuse=grass- An area of mown and managed grass, e.g. a lawn in a park, part of a golf course, roadside verges etc.surface=grass- To indicate the surface of a specific use feature e.g.leisure=pitchlandcover=grass.natural=grassland- An area of non-cultivated grassland.natural=scrub- A plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs (bush) More woody plants than a meadow or grassland.natural=heath- A dwarf-shrub habitat, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae. More woody plants than a meadow or grassland.- Vegetation - summary of tags related to areas of vegetation of different types
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