A compilation of the vegetation data stored in the source feature dataset. Each estate has best available veg mapping as determined by PaCs Botanist, with Keith Formations and fire thresholds added. Estate includes NPWS acquired lands. To recieve further updates contact individual NPWS Region STOs. All information is best available at time of production. Fields are Description: Vegetation type as described in feature class Code: code as described in feature class PCT: added where available (If ends in * more than one community may have been listed in report, only first community was added) NSW_Class: added where available (If ends in * more than one community may have been listed in report, only first community was added) NSW_Formation: added for all polygons FormationSourceID: links to FormationSourceLUT, oultines how formation was assigned and history of changes. Veg - long integer links Fire_Veg_Type_LUT which contains Min: minimum years btw burns Max: Maximum years between burns, Adv: 1= fire advantage and Regime Source. This code is dependent on region 1000-FWR 2000 - NPR 3000 -NTR 4000 - WRR, 9000 - Standardised classes Keith classes linking to regimes defined by Bradstock. Original_id: object id in source feature class source_id: Code relating to Vegetation sourceLUTdetailing origin of vegetation feature class, any changes made PWGRegion:domain with NPWG region PWGArea:domain with NPWG area EstateName: domain with NPWG estate name, also includes offpark Hectares - calculated useing calculate geometry, GDA94 z55 Last updated August 2013, Version 5. VIS_Id 4356

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. In order to accommodate the complex vegetation patterns often found in National Park units and generally maintain a minimum mapping unit of 0.5 ha, a three-tiered scheme was developed for attributing vegetation polygons. Where appropriate, secondary and tertiary vegetation classes are added to describe mixed-plant communities within the polygon. Secondary and tertiary classes were especially useful for describing ecotones, and for polygons with a patchwork of communities below the minimum mapping unit size. Final products included seamless park-wide GIS databases in ArcGIS geodatabase and ArcView shapefile formats of detailed overstory vegetation communities, along with vegetation statistics, hardcopy maps and orthophoto images plotted at large scale corresponding to the park area.

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. The final BITH map consists of 51 map classes. Land cover classes include five types: pasture / hay ground agricultural vegetation; non – vegetated / barren land, borrow pit, cut bank; developed, open space; developed, low – high intensity; and water. The 46 vegetation classes represent 102 associations or park specials. Of these, 75 represent natural vegetation associations within the USNVC, and 27 types represent unpublished park specials. Of the 46 vegetation map classes, 26 represent a single USNVC association/park special, 7 map classes contain two USNVC associations/park specials, 4 map classes contain three USNVC associations/park specials, and 9 map classes contain four or more USNVC associations/park specials. Forest and woodland types had an abundance of Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua, Ilex opaca, Ilex vomitoria, Quercus nigra, and Vitis rotundifolia. Shrubland types were dominated by Pinus taeda, Ilex vomitoria, Triadica sebifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, and/or Callicarpa americana. Herbaceous types had an abundance of Zizaniopsis miliacea, Juncus effusus, Panicum virgatum, and/or Saccharum giganteum.

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. The final BITH map consists of 51 map classes. Land cover classes include five types: pasture / hay ground agricultural vegetation; non – vegetated / barren land, borrow pit, cut bank; developed, open space; developed, low – high intensity; and water. The 46 vegetation classes represent 102 associations or park specials. Of these, 75 represent natural vegetation associations within the USNVC, and 27 types represent unpublished park specials. Of the 46 vegetation map classes, 26 represent a single USNVC association/park special, 7 map classes contain two USNVC associations/park specials, 4 map classes contain three USNVC associations/park specials, and 9 map classes contain four or more USNVC associations/park specials. Forest and woodland types had an abundance of Pinus taeda, Liquidambar styraciflua, Ilex opaca, Ilex vomitoria, Quercus nigra, and Vitis rotundifolia. Shrubland types were dominated by Pinus taeda, Ilex vomitoria, Triadica sebifera, Liquidambar styraciflua, and/or Callicarpa americana. Herbaceous types had an abundance of Zizaniopsis miliacea, Juncus effusus, Panicum virgatum, and/or Saccharum giganteum.

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. The TOP 2015 imagery was mosaiced and manipulated using image processing and segmentation techniques (e.g. unsupervised image classification, normalized difference vegetation index, etc.) to highlight any subtle vegetation signature differences. All of the preliminary results were evaluated for usefulness and the best examples were first converted to digital lines and polygons, were next combined with other relevant AMIS GIS layers (such as the roads network), and the results were used as the base layer for the new AMIS vegetation mapping effort. Building off the base layer, all relevant lines and polygons were exported as shapefiles and converted to ArcGIS coverages. The resulting coverages were run through a series of smoothing routines provided in the ArcGIS software. Following the smoothing, all digital line-work was manipulated to remove extraneous lines, eliminate small polygons, and merged polygons that split obvious stands of homogeneous vegetation. The cleaning stage was considered complete when all resulting polygons matched homogenous stands of vegetation apparent on the TOP 2015 imagery. At this point, the mapping shifted to manual techniques and all vegetation lines and polygons were visually inspected and manually moved, edited and/or updated as needed.

A compilation of the vegetation data stored in the source feature dataset. Each estate has best available veg mapping as determined by PaCs Botanist, with Keith Formations and fire thresholds added. Estate includes NPWS acquired lands. To recieve further updates contact individual NPWS Region STOs. All information is best available at time of production. Fields are Description: Vegetation type as described in feature class Code: code as described in feature class PCT: added where available (If ends in * more than one community may have been listed in report, only first community was added) NSW_Class: added where available (If ends in * more than one community may have been listed in report, only first community was added) NSW_Formation: added for all polygons FormationSourceID: links to FormationSourceLUT, oultines how formation was assigned and history of changes. Veg - long integer links Fire_Veg_Type_LUT which contains Min: minimum years btw burns Max: Maximum years between burns, Adv: 1= fire advantage and Regime Source. This code is dependent on region 1000-FWR 2000 - NPR 3000 -NTR 4000 - WRR, 9000 - Standardised classes Keith classes linking to regimes defined by Bradstock. Original_id: object id in source feature class source_id: Code relating to Vegetation sourceLUTdetailing origin of vegetation feature class, any changes made PWGRegion:domain with NPWG region PWGArea:domain with NPWG area EstateName: domain with NPWG estate name, also includes offpark Hectares - calculated useing calculate geometry, GDA94 z55 Last updated August 2013, Version 5. VIS_Id 4353

These data were converted from the originally delivered Microsoft Access PLOTs database from the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Ninety Six National Historic Site. These comma-delimited data tables contain(s) vegetation mapping plot classification and accuracy assessment data, as well as summary information about the data itself. If a table is empty, then it was empty in the original database.