Tag:landuse=plantation

landuse = 
Description
Unclear meaning, see instead landuse=orchard, landuse=plant_nursery, landuse=forest and landuse=farmland. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: landuse
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should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
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Status: deprecated
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The English word 'plantation' is used in a number of distinct ways with their specific tags. It should not be used for these:

landuse=*

  • landuse=plant_nursery - plant nurserys, used to grow young seedlings for planting elsewhere; use
  • landuse=orchard - plantings of trees and shrubs for fruit or food production; This includes tropical plantations such as coffee, tea, oil palms, bananas, and other tropical fruits.
  • landuse=forest - plantings of trees for timber production or for naturalising. The plantation=yes can be added to forests which have obviously been planted to distinguish them from those where logging is selective and tree regeneration is random.
  • landuse=forest - plantings of non-tree crops (typically based on historic use of the word 'plantation'), such as for sugar cane, tobacco, cotton. These crops are not permanent or perenials, but are annual crops

natural=*

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