What is Woodland?
[[File:SNIBSTON woodland.jpg|thumb]] '''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 plant]]s including [[grass]]es. Woodlands grade into [[shrubland]] in drier conditions or in early stages of plant [[succession]]. Higher densities and areas of trees, with largely closed [[wikt:canopycanopy|canopy]], and nearly continuous shade and are often called [[forests]]. ''Woodland'' in [[United Kingdom|British]] [[forestry]] means any smaller area covered in trees, however dense. [[Forest]] in the [[British Isles]] means extensive wooded areas, regardless of density. [[Royal forest]]s 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.<ref>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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913013557/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 |date=2012-09-13 }}</ref><ref>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 {{Webarchive|url=h