Sub-compartment General Data

Sub-compartments are discrete areas within a Compartment which may be distinct in terms of their woodland type, permanent boundaries (or infrastructure), or their management objectives. Changes in species, age class, ground conditions etc typically form the divisions between them.

Sub-compartment General Data is used to record site-related information, with the ability to add custom typed records in Notes, and a visual record in Photos.

Click on the ⋮ menu beside your Sub-compartment in the control panel (click on the Compartment first if you cannot see your Sub-compartment), and select Edit General Data.

General data provides the option to record:

Type - choose Creation for new woodland or Management for existing woodland.
Name - enter a local name or other useful identifier.

• myForest automatically generates labels made up of the Sub-compartment letter and name for your mapped Sub-compartments.
  Sub-compartment Letter - for identification and engaging with regulatory processes such as felling licences / felling permissions.
  Designations - eg. tree preservation orders, scheduled ancient monuments. These are used to pre-populate fields in Management and Creation Downloads in the control panel.
  Soil Textures - eg. clay soil, sandy loam.
  Notes - record additional information under General Notes, and add Annual Notes to build up a record of observations and activities over time.
  Photos - upload .jpg, .png or .gif image files here. Include photographs, aerial photos, screenshots, maps or documents.

See the individual tippies on each tab for more help.

For overviews of Woodland Creation and Management data in myForest, visit Woodland Creation Data Overview and Woodland Management Data Overview