Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name)
5. landscapes (environments)
6. natural landscapes
7. vegetation
8. plant communities (natural)
9. forests (plant communities)

Anotations

Scope note:

Distinct vegetation landscapes dominated by trees, often used for grazing or hunting but not for timber or cultivation; for tracts of land with trees often acting as barriers or boundaries but otherwise minimally utilized, use "woods;" for timber-producing land or unmanaged wilderness of dense growth, use "forests (cultural landscapes)."