Hi Richard,
This has already been discussed here.
Have a look to those threads please :
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2017-December/034291.html
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2018-January/034932.html
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2018-Feb
I am looking for a way to tag areas that used to be a forest but
all/almost all trees were fallen by a strong wind.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiatro%C5%82om_T_26.jpg or
http://web.archive.org/web/20180315194959/https://r-scale-80.dcs.redcdn.pl/scale/o2/tvn/web-content/m/p1/i/270edd69