A woodland ( / ˈ w ʊ d l ə n d / ) is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants ( trees and shrubs ), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the plurale tantum woods ), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see differences between British , American and Australian English explained below). Some savannas may also be woodlands, such as savanna woodland , where trees and shrubs form a light canopy .
16-484: Woodlands may back refer to: Woodland , a low-density forest Geography [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Woodlands, New South Wales Woodlands, Ashgrove , Queensland, a heritage-listed house associated with John Henry Pepper Woodlands, Marburg , Queensland, a heritage-listed house associated with Thomas Lorimer Smith Woodlands, Western Australia Woodlands, East Maitland , New South Wales,
32-634: A census-designated place Barnsley Gardens , a plantation formerly known as Woodlands in Adairsville, Georgia Woodlands and Blythewood , Clarkesville, Georgia, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Habersham County, Georgia Woodlands Historic District , Lexington, Kentucky, a National Register of Historic Places listing in Fayette County, Kentucky Woodlands (Perryville, Maryland) The Woodlands (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ,
48-753: A consortium of heritage groups on the Isle of Man, was organised in 2014–15 and has advocated for more preservation of buildings. It had concerns in 2015 about a backlog for registration of heritage buildings. The 21 Conservation Areas include nine swaths of properties in the capital town of Douglas , and swaths in towns of Peel , Castletown , and Ramsey , and sections in nine village centers or other areas. Most of these include numerous individual Registered Buildings plus all surrounding properties. Download coordinates as: The Registered Buildings are as follows: KEY Owned by Manx Museum and National Trust , and available for rental. The status of this site
64-580: A heritage-listed residence Woodlands, Newcastle , New South Wales, a heritage-listed house Canada [ edit ] Woodlands, Calgary , a neighbourhood in Alberta, Canada Woodlands County , a municipal district in Alberta, Canada Woodlands, North Vancouver Woodlands, Ontario Woodlands, Manitoba Woodlands (New Westminster) , a former psychiatric hospital in British Columbia Rural Municipality of Woodlands ,
80-685: A historic mansion and cemetery Woodlands (Bamberg, South Carolina) Woodlands (Columbia, South Carolina) , a National Register of Historic Places listing in Richland County, South Carolina The Woodlands, Texas Woodlands (Charlottesville, Virginia) , a National Register of Historic Places listing in Albemarle County, Virginia Woodlands, West Virginia Other uses [ edit ] Woodlands Christian Centre Woodlands Historic Park near Melbourne Airport Woodland period , indigenous cultures from ca. 1000 BCE—1000 CE in
96-451: A list of Registered Buildings and Conservation Areas of the Isle of Man . It includes buildings and structures in the Isle of Man designated by Isle of Man's Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) "as having special architectural or historical interest". Over 250 buildings and structures are listed, and 275 more have been identified as having potential for listing. It also lists
112-1499: A rural municipality in Manitoba Ireland [ edit ] Woodlands railway station (Ireland) New Zealand [ edit ] Woodlands, New Zealand , a locality within Southland District Woodlands, Bay of Plenty , a locality within Western Bay of Plenty District Singapore [ edit ] Woodlands, Singapore Woodlands MRT station Woodlands North MRT station Woodlands South MRT station Woodlands Bus Interchange Woodlands Train Checkpoint Woodlands Checkpoint Woodlands railway station, Singapore South Africa [ edit ] Woodlands, Gauteng , South Africa Woodlands, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa United Kingdom [ edit ] Woodlands, Dorset , England Woodlands, Falkirk , Scotland Woodlands, Glasgow , Scotland Woodlands, Hampshire , England Woodlands, London , England Woodlands, Somerset , England Woodlands, South Yorkshire , England Woodlands, several other United Kingdom locations Woodlands, Alexander Drive , Douglas, Isle of Man, one of Isle of Man's Registered Buildings United States [ edit ] Woodlands (Gosport, Alabama) Woodlands, California ,
128-401: 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 30 m (98 ft) or under 10 m (33 ft) high, respectively. This contrasts with forests, which have more than 30% of their area covered by trees. Registered Buildings of the Isle of Man This is
144-630: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Woodland Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses . Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of primary or secondary succession . Higher-density areas of trees with a largely closed canopy that provides extensive and nearly continuous shade are often referred to as forests . Extensive efforts by conservationist groups have been made to preserve woodlands from urbanization and agriculture . For example,
160-620: Is used in British 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 Ice Age (equivalent to the American term old-growth forest ) Woodlot is a closely related term in 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 light penetration from
176-480: The 21 Conservation Areas, historic districts " which protect "period"-type architecture, quality of building materials, relationships of enclosures and open spaces, and other aspects of the look and feel of historic buildings and areas. Ongoing enforcement and registration of buildings is administered by a Planning and Building Control Directorate, within DEFA, and is guided by a planning policy document on conservation of
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#1732845108030192-470: The eastern part of North America See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "woodlands" or "wood-lands" on Misplaced Pages. Eastern Woodlands , a cultural area of indigenous North Americans Woodland (disambiguation) The Woodlands (disambiguation) Woodlands School (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Woodlands All pages with titles containing Woodlands Topics referred to by
208-417: 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. In Australia, a woodland is defined as an area with
224-485: The historic environment. DEFA notes that eight of the registered buildings have thatched roofs . Thatching in the Isle of Man include a group of thatched houses at Cregneash Folk Museum , which are Manx National Heritage property, whose buildings and land are excluded from the register. DEFA notes that ten are designed by noted architect Baillie Scott . A number are designed by, or associated with, architect Thomas Brine . The Alliance for Building Conservation,
240-454: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Woodlands . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodlands&oldid=1212877107 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-627: The woodlands of Northwest Indiana have been preserved as part of the Indiana Dunes . Woodland is used in 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 plantations , usually more extensive, or hunting Forests , which are a land use with a legal definition and may not be wooded at all. The term ancient woodland
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