Editing Woodland (section)

==Definitions ==
===United Kingdom=== 
''Woodland''  is used in [[United Kingdom|British]] [[woodland management]] to mean tree-covered areas which arose naturally and which are then managed. At the same time, [[forest]] is usually used in the [[British Isles]] to describe [[plantation]]s, usually more extensive, or hunting [[Royal forest|Forests]], which are a land use with a legal definition and may not be wooded at all.<ref name="Woodlands (New Naturalist 100)" /> The term ''[[ancient woodland]]'' is used in British [[Conservation (ethic)|nature conservation]] to refer to any wooded land that has existed since 1600, and often (though not always) for thousands of years, since the [[Last glacial period|last Ice Age]]<ref name="Woodlands (New Naturalist 100)">{{cite book|last=Rackham|first=Oliver|author-link = Oliver Rackham|title=Woodlands (New Naturalist 100)| date= 2006| publisher= HarperCollins| location= London| isbn= 9780007202447}}</ref> (equivalent to the American term [[old-growth forest]])

===North America===
[[Woodlot]] is a closely related term in [[American English|American]] [[forest management]], which refers to a stand of trees generally used for firewood. While woodlots often technically have closed canopies, they are so small that [[edge effect|light penetration]] from the edge makes them ecologically closer to woodland than forest. North American forests vary widely in their ecology and are greatly dependent on abiotic factors such as climate and elevation. Much of the old-growth deciduous and pine-dominated forests of the eastern United States was harvested for lumber, paper pulp, telephone poles, creosote, pitch, and tar. 

===Australia===
In Australia, a woodland is defined as an area with a sparse (10–30%) cover of trees, and an open woodland has a very sparse (<10%) cover. Woodlands are also subdivided into tall woodlands or low woodlands if their trees are over {{cvt|30|m}} or under {{cvt|10|m}} high, respectively. This contrasts with forests, which have more than 30% of their area covered by trees.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/aust-veg/veg-map.html | title=A simplified look at Australia's vegetation | work=Information about Australia's Flora: The Australian Environment | publisher= Australian National Botanic Gardens and Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research | location= Canberra | date=24 December 2015 | access-date=15 February 2017}}</ref>