woodland (definitions)

According to the definition used for UK forestry statistics, woodland is an area of land with an actual or potential tree canopy cover of at least 20% (25% in Northern Ireland). In this context a tree is defined by species and minimum height is undefined to include young trees.



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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