Tag:natural=heath
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A dwarf-shrub habitat, characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae. 
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The tag natural= is used to map areas of heath or heathland: a dwarf-shrub habitat, characterized by open, low-growing woody vegetation, often dominated by plants of the Ericaceae (Heather). The tag natural= can be applied to any similar habitat worldwide.[1]
How to map
Draw an area and add natural=.
Mapping caveats
This tag should not be used for:
- parks which happen to be named "something heath" (e.g., "Hampstead Heath"; quite common in England). A park should be tagged
leisure=park,leisure=nature_reserveorboundary=protected_areaas appropriate, even if it has "heath" in the name. Only if it is genuinely a heath fitting the description above (and not primarily regarded as a normal public park) then use this tag. - areas dominated by taller shrubs – use
natural=scrubinstead. - areas primarily covered by herbaceous (non-woody) plants like grasses – use
natural=grasslandorlanduse=meadow, if used for grazing, instead.
Examples
Here are various examples from different ecosystems – what can be seen in the foreground in those can commonly be mapped as natural=.
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Subarctic ground willow (Salix brachycarpa), northern Finland -
Heather at Achadh na Gaodha in Scottish Highlands -
Heath at Bredfjäll near Göteborg, Sweden -
Sagebrush steppe of Río Negro Province, Argentina -
Sagebrush steppe in Nevada, U.S. -
Garrigue of Southern France -
Phrygana in central Crete, Greece
See also
Possible tagging mistakes
Notes
External links
- See Heath on Wikipedia
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