[Talk-GB] Typical plants and features of grassland, heath, scrub and woodland in Britain

[Brian]

Hello Tom, this is what I use https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vegetation

Brian

15 Sept 2021, 21:30 by tomcrockermail at gmail.com:

> Hi fellow mappers
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> I was wondering if anyone has summarised how to distinguish grassland, heath, scrub and wood and the common plants or features in Britain that help define these for the non-botanist like me. 
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> While many places are easy to classify (acres of heather or mature beech trees) I'm often unsure of where to draw the line. For example, when should I see holly and hawthorns as wood instead of scrub (if ever). Do gorse, broom and bracken belong with heath or scrub? How about an area of brambles or nettles? 
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> I have seen the Heath wiki talk page about distinguishing heath and scrub which is useful, but some of the comments are contradictory and I don't know the Latin names to make much headway with the linked Wikipedia articles. if no-one else has put something together I'd like to help compile this, for my benefit if no-one else's. Of course, there would still always be judgements to make and areas for which there's no perfect answer, but a handy guide might ease that process.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Tom
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