Forest Service Open Parkland in Forests (Metadata)

The dataset is areas of 'Open parkland' that is defined as non-forested open ground habitat consisting of widely spaced mature, veteran or ancient trees where crown cover does not exceed 20% of the land area. It does not include areas incorporating hard stands for caravans. Parkland excludes arboreta and areas of widely spaced young trees meeting HAP criteria. Open parkland is a Secondary Land Use Code (SLUC) designated in the Forest Service sub-compartment database. SLUC are attributes applied to sub compartments, for forest management purposes, and for reporting in relation to Primary Land Use Objectives.