Vegetation map of Wyong Local Government Area - Extant Distribution. Vegetation survey, analysis and mapping has been undertaken for Wyong LGA on the Central Coast of NSW. Cluster analysis of 444 survey plots (0.04 ha in size) revealed notable differences in the vegetation of the area, governed principally by drainage, soil type and elevation. Forty-three (43) vegetation communities have been defined, and the composition, distribution and conservation status for each of these is examined, and placed into context with other vegetation classifications completed in the region over recent years. The report details a classification of the natural vegetation of Wyong Shire, and presents extant and pre-1750 maps for the area showing the distribution of each defined community. VIS_ID 738 Map footprint supplied only. Contact Central Coast Council for access to the vegetation map.

Vegetation of the Wyong LGA, 1999. Broadly mapped the vegetation of this area based largely on aerial photographic interpretation and linked broad structural and floristic differences in vegetation to major geology types.and utilised a geological coding system to describe the vegetation. The coding system over-simplifies the floristic patterns present, but is generally representative of major trends. The resultant mapping is broad in nature, and masks structural and floristic variation at the fine scale. Forty-nine (49) vegetation communities are presented by Payne and Duncan (1999), ranging from several types of rainforest, through wet and dry sclerophyll forests, woodlands, heaths and scrub, to swamps, wetlands and mangroves. See Bell (2002) for a brief description, and a table of vegetation units used in this mapping. VIS_ID 739 Map footprint supplied only. Contact Central Coast Council for access to the vegetation map.

Fine scale vegetation communities mapped at 1:1,000 resolution across the Lord Howe Island Group (LHIG) are based on 2012, ADS40 digital aerial imagery captured at 10 cm resolution (LPI). The updated vegetation data and report will assist the LHI Board to better manage vegetation communities across the World Heritage Area, particularly within the settlement area where spatial accuracy in the delineation of native vegetation is critical and will assist and inform actions undertaken in delivering biodiversity management. VIS_ID 4450

Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs) for Wyong LGA mapped by Stephen Bell in 2009. This data originates from the vegetation map of 2008 which included a "EEC Equivalent" field in the attribute table. Subsequent work was done on the EEC subset exported from the vegetation map by Council in 2009. The category names were changed, some areas removed and boundaries possibly modified. No documentation exists for this additional work. VIS_ID 3904 Map footprint supplied only. Contact Central Coast Council for access to the vegetation map.

Dthinnia Dthinnawan Nature Reserve vegetation mapping was undertaken by Dr John T. Hunter in 2006 by contract for the NPWS Northern Tableland Region. In 2008 the mapping was updated to include what is now Dthinnia Dthinnawan CCA Zone 1 National Park. The vegetation of Dthinnia Dthinnawan is described and mapped (scale 1:50 000). Ten communities are defined based on classification (Kulczynski association). These ten communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation, landform and substrate. VIS_ID 261 (and VIS_ID 4727)

Landmark Ecological Services Pty Ltd (Landmark) was engaged by the Nature Conservation Council (NCC) to conduct fine-scale mapping of vegetation, at Ngunya Jargoon, an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) on the NSW far north coast. Initial air photo interpretation (API) had previously been undertaken by the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) for Ngunya Jargoon, including identification of recommended ground truthing points. The OEH mapping provided a base-map with linework based on obvious patterns in vegetation detected during API. The imagery used to map the communities included Land and Property Information high resolution digital photography (ADS40, Sept 2009) and Nearmap online high resolution aerial imagery. NCC then contracted Landmark to undertake the ground-truthing, further air interpretation and final production of the maps for this project. Ngunya Jargoon is approximately 850 ha in area and is located approximately 1km to the west of Wardell, a small village on the Richmond River in Ballina Shire. The landscape comprises a level to gently undulating sand plain with two small sandstone hills in the south-east of the IPA. The soils at Ngunya Jargoon are mapped as Warners Bay Coastal Sandplains with the exception of a small area to the south mapped as Birdsview Variant a Sedimentary High quartz and a small area mapped as Disturbed Terrain in the northwest. VIS_ID 4693 NOTE: Footprint only is available for download. Please contact the data custodian (NCC) for access to the vegetation map: Email: ncc@nature.org.au Phone: (02) 9516 1488 https://www.nature.org.au/about/contact-us/ VIS_ID 4693

Vegetation Distribution Map for the western portion of Kempsey Shire Council. Project undertaken by GHD consultants in 2007. The western portion is generally considered to be those lands within the shire boundary on the western side of the Pacific Highway.; ; The vegetation mapping was carried out using Landsat 5 TM (imagery taken between Dec 2004 and August 2005) scene and topographic variables as a basis for multi-variate statistical classification techniques. The image was 'seeded' with areas of known vegetation type 'samples', as determined by the field survey, from which spectral and topographic similarity was used to predict the presence of those types elsewhere in the image. A few iterations of model and map refinement and validation were then used to produce a final map that was then converted to the preferred GIS format for display.; ; VIS_ID 244

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles. Final WUPA map classes used for interpreting the aerial photographs were derived (1) from plant associations and alliances described by CPRS, (2) from the Anderson (1976) Level II land use classification system, (3) from land cover classes, and (4) from unique stands specific to WUPA. A draft hard copy vegetation map at the 1:12,000 scale was printed and checked against the interpreted aerial photographs. As a final internal accuracy check, RSGIG applied photointerpretation observations and classification relevés over the vegetation map to determine if the polygon labels matched the field data. Map validation occurred prior to the accuracy assessment. Because of the difficulties in interpreting the vegetation directly from the aerial photographs, we eventually mapped and/or validated much of the project area in the field. Metadata are required for all spatial data produced by the federal government. RSGIG used SIMMS™ software to create the three FGDC-compliant metadata files attached to the spatial databases and to this report. The metadata files explain the vegetation coverage and ancillary coverages created by RSGIG, the plot data coverage created by CPRS, and the accuracy assessment data created by CPRS.

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles. Following segmentation, only those lines/polygons that matched the vegetation patterns within the WHMI project area were exported as ArcInfo shapefiles and converted into ArcInfo coverages. The resulting coverages were refined through a series of smoothing routines until no obvious artificial or relict breaks in the lines were visible. When the interpretation effort was considered complete, topology for the final polygon layer was built and attributed and then imported into a spatial database (geodatabase). Each polygon was attributed with a dedicated map unit name, code, and modifier. Polygon-specific modifiers included additional data on the height, density, and patterns of the dominant vegetation. Also polygons of disturbed sites were identified in a comments field along with any notable dominate understory or locally common plant species. Finally other map class data including the NVCS crosswalk and the land-use classes were added.

The files linked to this reference are the geospatial data created as part of the completion of the baseline vegetation inventory project for the NPS park unit. Current format is ArcGIS file geodatabase but older formats may exist as shapefiles. Following segmentation, only those lines/polygons that matched the vegetation patterns within the WHMI project area were exported as ArcInfo shapefiles and converted into ArcInfo coverages. The resulting coverages were refined through a series of smoothing routines until no obvious artificial or relict breaks in the lines were visible. When the interpretation effort was considered complete, topology for the final polygon layer was built and attributed and then imported into a spatial database (geodatabase). Each polygon was attributed with a dedicated map unit name, code, and modifier. Polygon-specific modifiers included additional data on the height, density, and patterns of the dominant vegetation. Also polygons of disturbed sites were identified in a comments field along with any notable dominate understory or locally common plant species. Finally other map class data including the NVCS crosswalk and the land-use classes were added.