Tag:landuse=wood

landuse = 
Description
Using this tag is discouraged, use natural=wood or landuse=forest instead. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: landuse
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Status: deprecated
More details at taginfo
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This feature has been labeled as deprecated. The recommended replacement is: natural=wood or landuse=forest.
The reason is documented in Deprecated features. You are still free to continue to use or interpret this tag as you see fit since OpenStreetMap does not have “banned features”.
Under no circumstances should you (semi-)automatically change “deprecated” tags to something else in the database on a large scale without conforming to the automated edits code of conduct. Any such change will be reverted.

Commonly used by mistake

The tag landuse=wood is a curious hybrid between natural=wood and landuse=forest. This hybrid tag has existed in the database in fairly large numbers for a long time due to people using it by mistake when intending one or the other of those tags. As you can imagine, it's an easy mistake to make, and quite a few people have tagged quite a few patches of trees with this tag.

The tag has been cleaned up on the OSM database as of May 2024.[1]

  1. ↑ from taginfo
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