On 3/14/20 9:47 PM, Warin wrote:
Hi,
The present description of landuse=meadow is;
An area of meadow or pasture: land primarily vegetated by grass and other
non-woody plants, mainly used for hay or grazing.
That places the land cover before the land use. The emphases should be on the
land use, the land use should be first?
Possibly a better description:
An area of meadow or pasture: land primarily used to produce hay or for grazing
of animals. Usually vegetated by grass and other non-woody plants.
I am trying to get mappers not to use this for areas of grass land that could
be more appropriatly tagged natural=grassland.
Thoughts?
I disagree. Perhaps a regional definition? I think meadow is the land
cover, pasture is the land use
This would match my definition:
Meadow: "a field with grass and often wild flowers in it: "
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/meadow
or
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/meadow
"A meadow is a field which has grass and flowers growing in it. "
Locally, (Colorado, USA), we might call a grassy area high in the
mountains an alpine meadow, and it may not have any domesticated animals
grazing it.
On 3/14/20 11:46 PM, Warin wrote:
On 15/3/20 4:36 pm, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
The presence of mainly grass (or sedges, clover, other herbaceous
plants) is just as important as the presence of grazing or occasional
hay-cutting, to define a meadow or pasture.
The grass is not there once cut, the remains are stubble. Hence the word
'usually' can be employed?
Minor point, but I think most grasses are perennial, so it's still there
even if its cut.
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