some good illustrative photos at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrubland
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Richard Welty <[email protected]>wrote: > On 11/16/10 10:29 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > >> 2010/11/16 Richard Welty<[email protected]>: >> >>> On 11/16/10 10:11 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >>> i like it. i would definitely move scrub from natural to landcover. >>> there are large areas which are properly called that, with sporadic >>> trees and the rest of the cover being of a bushier form. >>> >> >> but wouldn't that be landcover=bushes (where they are)? Is scrub >> something like heath, beach, bay, wetland, fell? Then it would be OK >> in natural IMHO. >> >> >> Or something like tree, grass, rock? Then it would be OK for landcover >> IMHO. >> > scrub is generally a mixture of trees and bush sized objects, frequently > on sandy soil. the interior of Florida features extensive pine scrub, with > a scattering of very large pine trees and lots of palmettos (bush sized > relatives of the palm tree) filling the space. here in Albany (upstate NY) > we have the Pine Bush, which again is pine trees interspersed with > bushes. > > it's a very well defined ecological niche. > > richard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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