Australian Natural Resources Atlas

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Australian Native Vegetation Assessment 2001

Maria Cofinas, Colin Creighton
National Land and Water Resources Audit, 2001
ISBN 0 642 37128 8

Appendix 6: Vegetation descriptions

Example of attributes described for one vegetation description in a South Australian data set
Data set information
DS 02. ANZLIC METADATA IDENTIFIER ANZSA1000000077
DS 03. ANZLIC METADATA NAME Native Vegetation (Floristic) - South East
DS 05. ENTRY LEVEL Sub-association
DS 06. STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM SA Structural Formation Table
DS 07. FLORISTIC GROUP TYPE Indicator_biomass
DS 08. VEGETATION THEME COVERAGE Extant only-restricted
DS 09. POSITIONAL ACCURACY 25
DS 10. POSITIONAL ACCURACY DETERMINATION Mapped
DS 11. POSITIONAL ACCURACY MEASURE Percentage estimate
DS 12. POSITIONAL PRECISION Metres
DS 13. CLASSIFCATION SUPPORT PATN dendrogram
DS 14. SAMPLING TYPE Full vegetation sites
DS 15. BOTANICAL EXPERTISE High
DS 16. RELIABILITY Native vegetation data was collected in textual format as site based data through the Biological Survey of South Australia and in spatial format through the complementary mapping program. Initially the location of native vegetation mapped through the Landcover dataset program based on 1987 1:40 000 colour aerial photography. Following analysis of the field survey data, the analysis results and the field data was extrapolated to all of the polygons based on the interpretation of stereo pair colour aerial photographs. Available literature, and unpublished field notes, on native vegetation were also used to supplement the analysis and mapping. Extensive field checking was used to validate the vegetation mapping. Tilley swamp area coding and polygons were updated using 1992 1:40 000 colour aerial photography. Stoneleigh swamp - Bunbury swamp area coding and polygons were updated using 1997 1:10 000-20 000 colour aerial photography based on extensive field checking. Polygons and coding in the Gum Lagoon Swamp area were updated using 1:20 000 colour aerial photography updated 16 January 1997. Areas less than 1 ha were not mapped. Areas such as grasslands, sedgelands, low shrublands and scattered trees may not have been captured in the mapping.
DS 17. MAP PUBLICATION SCALE 50 000
DS 18. FINE SCALE 40 000
DS 19. BROAD SCALE 200 000
DS 20. START DATE ATTRIBUTE 1/01/1987
DS 21. END DATE ATTRIBUTE 31/12/1987
Reference 1
RF 02. CITATION Regional Floristic Map
RF 03. FORMAT Digital and hard copy
RF 04. STORAGE LOCATION Department for Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts - Planning SA
RF 02. CITATION SIMS - spatial information metadata system
RF 03. FORMAT oracle database
RF 04. STORAGE LOCATION Department of Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts
Reference 2
RF 02. CITATION Croft T., Carruthers S., Possingham H. & Inns, B. 1999, Biodiversity plan for the South East of South Australia, Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs.
RF 03. FORMAT Digital
RF 04. STORAGE LOCATION Department for Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts - Planning SA
RF 02. CITATION Biological Survey of South Australia Vegetation Sites
RF 03. FORMAT Digital
RF 04. STORAGE LOCATION Department for Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts
Reference 3
RF 02. CITATION Ground Truth Vegetation Sites
RF 03. FORMAT Digital
RF 04. STORAGE LOCATION Department for Transport, Urban Planning and the Arts - Planning SA
Mapping Method 1
MM 02. MAPPING METHOD Colour aerial photographic interpretation
MM 03. MAPPING EXPERTISE High
MS 02. INTERPRETIVE BASE True colour photography
MS 03. SCALE OR RESOLUTION 1:40 000 and 1:10 000 and 1:5000 scale
MS 04. MEDIUM Hard copy mylar film
MS 05. START DATE SPATIAL 1/01/1987
MS 06. END DATE SPATIAL 31/12/1997
MS 07. MAP BASE DEHAA 1:50 000 topographic series
Mapping Method 2
MM 02. MAPPING METHOD Updates - Tilley swamp area coding and polygons were updated using 1992 1:40 000 colour aerial photography. Stoneleigh swamp - Bunbury swamp area coding and polygons were updated using 1997 1:10 000-20 000 colour aerial photography based on extensive field checking. Polygons and coding in the Gum Lagoon Swamp area were updated using 1:20 000 colour aerial photography updated 16 Jan 1997.
MM 03. MAPPING EXPERTISE High
MS 02. INTERPRETIVE BASE Unknown
MS 03. SCALE OR RESOLUTION Unknown
MS 04. MEDIUM Unknown
MS 05. START DATE SPATIAL 01/01/1001
MS 06. END DATE SPATIAL 01/01/1001
MS 07. MAP BASE Unknown
Map unit 50800010: summary information
MU 02. ENTRY LEVEL Sub-association
MU 03. SPATIAL MIX Mosaic unknown
MU 04. NUMBER OF VEGETATION DESCRIPTIONS 2
MU 05. LEVEL I (CLASS) Tree mallee
MU 06. LEVEL II (STRUCTURAL FORMATION) Open mallee forest
MU 07. LEVEL III (BROAD FLORISTIC FORMATION) Eucalyptus open mallee forest
MU 08. LEVEL IV (SUB-FORMATION) Eucalyptus open mallee forest/mixed unknown shrubland/mixed unknown shrubland
MU 09. LEVEL V (ASSOCIATION) U+ Eucalyptus diversifolia/mallee tree/6/c;M Xanthorrhoea caespitosa, Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana/xanthorrhoea, shrub/-9999/Unknown;G Hibbertia riparia, Lepidosperma carphoides, Correa reflexa var. reflexa/shrub, sedge, forb/-/Unknown
MU 10. LEVEL VI (SUB-ASSOCIATION) U1+ Eucalyptus diversifolia/mallee tree/6/c;M1 Xanthorrhoea caespitosa, Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana/xanthorrhoea, shrub/-/Unknown;G1 Hibbertia riparia, Lepidosperma carphoides, Correa reflexa var. reflexa, Acacia spinescens, Astroloma hu
MU 11. ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION Unknown
MU 12. MINOR SUB-ASSOCIATIONS Unknown
MU 13. SOURCE CODE MM0010
MU 14. SOURCE DESCRIPTION Eucalyptus diversifolia mallee
MU 15. DOMINANT ECOLOGICAL LAYER U1
MU 16. VEGETATION COVER CLASSES NN-T
Vegetation 1: summary description
VG 02. ENTRY LEVEL Sub-association
VG 03. MAP UNIT SPATIAL EXTENT -
VG 04. NUMBER OF STRATA 3
VG 05. LEVEL I (CLASS) Mallee tree
VG 06. LEVEL II (STRUCTURAL FORMATION) Open mallee forest
VG 07. LEVEL III (BROAD FLORISTIC FORMATION) Eucalyptus open mallee forest
VG 08. LEVEL IV (SUB-FORMATION) Eucalyptus open mallee forest/mixed unknown shrubland/mixed unknown shrubland
VG 09. LEVEL V (ASSOCIATION) U+ Eucalyptus diversifolia/mallee tree/6/c;M Xanthorrhoea caespitosa, Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana/xanthorrhoea, shrub/-/unknown; G Hibbertia riparia, Lepidosperma carphoides, Correa reflexa var. reflexa/shrub, sedge, forb/-/unknown
VG 10. LEVEL VI (SUB-ASSOCIATION) U1+ Eucalyptus diversifolia/mallee tree/6/c;M1 Xanthorrhoea caespitosa, Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana/xanthorrhoea, shrub/-/Unknown; G1 Hibbertia riparia, Lepidosperma carphoides, Correa reflexa var. reflexa, Acacia spinescens, Astroloma hu
VG 11. ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION Unknown
VG 12. MINOR SUB-ASSOCIATIONS Unknown
VG 13. SOURCE CODE MM0010
VG 14. SOURCE DESCRIPTION Eucalyptus diversifolia mallee
Vegetation: stratum 1
STR 02. CODE U1
STR 03. NUMBER OF GROWTH FORMS 1
STR 04. NUMBER OF TAXA 1
STR 05. COVER TYPE 8C
STR 06. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Projective foliage cover estimated from classed formation category for stratum
STR 07. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 30
STR 08. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 70
STR 09. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
STR 10. COVER MEAN VALUE 50
STR 11. COVER CODE C
STR 12. HEIGHT TYPE NA
STR 13. HEIGHT TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Height estimated from ten individuals and averaged for all sites
STR 14. HEIGHT MINIMUM VALUE -
STR 15. HEIGHT MAXIMUM VALUE -
STR 16. HEIGHT MEAN VALUE 4
STR 17. HEIGHT MEDIAN VALUE -
STR 18. HEIGHT CLASS 6
STR 19. GROWTH FORM CODE M
STR 20. STRUCTURAL CODE M6c
STR 21. BROAD FLORISTIC M
STR 22. TAXON DESCRIPTIONS Eucalyptus diversifolia
Vegetation 1: stratum 1: growth form 1
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE M
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 100
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 40
GR 10. DOMINANCE Unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 1: taxon information 1
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR .
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 25
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 50
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 38
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE D
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 2
STR 02. CODE M1
STR 03. NUMBER OF GROWTH FORMS 2
STR 04. NUMBER OF TAXA 2
STR 05. COVER TYPE Unknown
STR 06. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
STR 07. COVER MINIMUM VALUE -
STR 08. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE -
STR 09. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
STR 10. COVER MEAN VALUE -
STR 11. COVER CODE *
STR 12. HEIGHT TYPE Unknown
STR 13. HEIGHT TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
STR 14. HEIGHT MINIMUM VALUE -
STR 15. HEIGHT MAXIMUM VALUE -
STR 16. HEIGHT MEAN VALUE -
STR 17. HEIGHT MEDIAN VALUE -
STR 18. HEIGHT CLASS *
STR 19. GROWTH FORM CODE S
STR 20. STRUCTURAL CODE S**
STR 21. BROAD FLORISTIC x
STR 22. TAXON DESCRIPTIONS Xanthorrhoea caespitosa+-Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana
Vegetation 1: stratum 2: growth form 1
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE X
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 100
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 40
GR 10. DOMINANCE unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 2: taxon information 1
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR .
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 0
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 1
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 1
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE D
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 2: growth form 2
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE S
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 100
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 40
GR 10. DOMINANCE Unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 2: taxon information 2
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR +/-
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 0
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 1
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 1
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE SD
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY C
Vegetation 1: stratum 3
STR 02. CODE G1
STR 03. NUMBER OF GROWTH FORMS 5
STR 04. NUMBER OF TAXA 5
STR 05. COVER TYPE Unknown
STR 06. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
STR 07. COVER MINIMUM VALUE -
STR 08. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE -
STR 09. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
STR 10. COVER MEAN VALUE -
STR 11. COVER CODE *
STR 12. HEIGHT TYPE Unknown
STR 13. HEIGHT TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
STR 14. HEIGHT MINIMUM VALUE -
STR 15. HEIGHT MAXIMUM VALUE -
STR 16. HEIGHT MEAN VALUE -
STR 17. HEIGHT MEDIAN VALUE -
STR 18. HEIGHT CLASS *
STR 19. GROWTH FORM CODE S
STR 20. STRUCTURAL CODE S**
STR 21. BROAD FLORISTIC x
STR 22. TAXON DESCRIPTIONS Hibbertia riparia, Lepidosperma carphoides - Correa reflexa var. reflexa
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: growth form 1
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE S
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 100
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 40
GR 10. DOMINANCE Unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: taxon information 1
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 0
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 1
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 1
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE CD
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: growth form 2
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE V
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 100
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 33
GR 10. DOMINANCE Unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: taxon information 2
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 0
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 1
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 1
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE CD
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY C
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: growth form 3
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE F
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 100
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 28
GR 10. DOMINANCE Unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: taxon information 3
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR -
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 0
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 1
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 1
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE SD
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY C
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: growth form 4
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE G
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 70
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 20
GR 10. DOMINANCE Unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY A
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: taxon information 4
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR -
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 0
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 1
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 1
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE SD
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY C
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: growth form 5
GR 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR ,
GR 03. GROWTH FORM CODE H
GR 04. COVER TYPE 5C
GR 05. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Canopy cover averaged from classed categories summarised with life form codes as a structural overview
GR 06. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 1
GR 07. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 10
GR 08. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
GR 09. COVER MEAN VALUE 5
GR 10. DOMINANCE Unknown
GR 11. FREQUENCY R
Vegetation 1: stratum 3: taxon information 5
TX 02. DOMINANCE SEPARATOR -
TX 03. COVER TYPE 9C
TX 04. COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD Unknown
TX 05. COVER MINIMUM VALUE 0
TX 06. COVER MAXIMUM VALUE 1
TX 07. COVER MEDIAN VALUE -
TX 08. COVER MEAN VALUE 1
TX 09. COVER DOMINANCE SD
TX 10. COVER FREQUENCY C

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