Woodland
Woodland is a low-density forest with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. It forms an open habitat.
Woodlands have an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodlands grade into shrubland in drier conditions or in early stages of plant succession. Higher densities and areas of trees, with largely closed canopy, and nearly continuous shade and are often called forests.
Woodland in British forestry means any smaller area covered in trees, however dense. Forest in the British Isles means extensive wooded areas, regardless of density. Royal forests may not be wooded at all. The term ancient woodland is used in British conservation to mean any wooded land that has existed for a very long time (equivalent to the American term old growth forest).
Conservationist work hard to preserve woodlands. The woodlands in Northwest Indiana have been preserved as part of the Indiana Dunes.[1][2][3]
Woodland Media
An open woodland in North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Miombo woodland in Malawi
A dry sclerophyll woodland in western Sydney.
An open woodland in Northern Illinois supporting an herbaceous understory of forbs and grasses
Limber Pine woodland in the Toiyabe Range of central Nevada
Mallee woodland with eucalyptuses and melaleucas in Esperance, Western Australia
Sahel woodland in Mali
References
- ↑ Smith S. & Mark S. 2006. Alice Gray, Dorothy Buell, and Naomi Svihla: preservationists of Ogden Dunes. The South Shore Journal. 1. http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-1-2006/78-journals/vol-1-2006/117-alice-gray-dorothy-buell-and-naomi-svihla-preservationists-of-ogden-dunes Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Smith S. & Mark S. 2009. The historical roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland region: from science to preservation. The South Shore Journal. 3. http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-3-2009/83-journals/vol-3-2009/75-the-historical-roots-of-the-nature-conservancy-in-the-northwest-indianachicagoland-region-from-science-to-preservation Archived 2016-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Smith S. & Mark S. 2007. The cultural impact of a museum in a small community: the hour glass of Ogden Dunes. The South Shore Journal. 2. http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-2-2007/82-journals/vol-2-2007/104-the-cultural-impact-of-a-museum-in-a-small-community-the-hour-glass-in-ogden-dunes Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
- The Woodland Trust Archived 2008-11-12 at the Wayback Machine