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Field Value

Title

Vegetation mapping of Cape Byron State Conservation Area and Arakwal National Park, 2013. VIS_ID 4385

Alternative title(s)

CapeByronArakwalVeg2013_VIS4385; CapeByronSCA_ArakNP_2013_E_4385

Abstract

A vegetation survey, classification and mapping program of Cape Byron State Conservation Area and Arakwal National Park was carried out during 2007-8 by Andy Baker of Wildsite Ecological Services Pty Ltd. It was a North Coast NPWS Region contract, mapped at 1:25000 scale. The mapping was revised and the report finalised in 2013. The mapping was clipped to the SCA and NP boundary in 2013 and hence the mapping covers a slightly smaller area. This is perhaps why both the 2008 and 2013 versions have been retained.

Cape Byron SRA (101 ha) and Arakwal NP (200 ha) are situated on the far North Coast of NSW immediately east of Byron Bay in the Byron Shire local government area. The reserves fall within the NSW North Coast biogeographic region of Thackway and Cresswell (1995), and the North Coast botanical subdivision of Anderson (1961). Cape Byron SCA and Arakwal NP consists of a contiguous area of coastal vegetation that extends from the headland hill complex of Cape Byron in the north, and onto the Quaternary barrier deposits and adjoining low coastal hills and slopes to the south. A separate western section of Arakwal NP includes estuarine deposits and lower hill slopes. Some additional small areas of contiguous vegetation on adjoining lands, and managed by Byron Shire Council Land and the NSW Department of Lands, are included in the study area. The total extent of the study area is 302.8 ha.

The main aims of the study were to identify, classify and map all extant vegetation within the study area, identify vegetation and flora of conservation significance, and also identify any processes currently threatening the vegetation. To this end, all vegetation has been surveyed and mapped via aerial photographic interpretation, extensive ground truthing and data analysis. Targeted sampling was undertaken using 62 survey plots each of 0.04ha. Examination of floristic relationships and refinement of the final classification was undertaken using the PATN hierarchical clustering program.

VIS_ID 4385

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Data Quality Statement

Name: Data Quality Statement

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Data quality statement for Vegetation mapping of Cape Byron State Conservation Area and Arakwal National Park, 2013. VIS_ID 4385

Function: download

Report

Name: Report

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Vegetation and Flora of Cape Byron State Conservation Area & Arakwal National Park

Function: download

Data download package

Name: Data download package

Protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

Description:

Data - ESRI shapefile

Function: download

Unique resource identifier

Code

8ce7d071-fe4e-4ea2-8601-2301d3613862

Presentation form

mapDigital

Edition

unknown

Dataset language

eng

Metadata standard

Name

ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata

Version

1.1

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/8ce7d071-fe4e-4ea2-8601-2301d3613862

Purpose

Mapped mainly for Reserve Fire Management Plan analysis.

Status

onGoing

Spatial representation

Type

vector

Spatial reference system

Authority code

GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)

Code identifying the spatial reference system

4283

Equivalent scale

1:None

Additional information source

Baker, A. 2013. Vegetation and Flora of Cape Byron State Conservation Area & Arakwal National Park. Unpublished report to the Office of Environment & Heritage (NSW). Wildsite Ecological Services Pty. Ltd., Mullumbimby.

Classification of spatial data and services

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Topic category

Keywords

Field Value

Keyword set

keyword value

Vegetation

Biodiversity

Fire Planning

Originating controlled vocabulary

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

153.60548

East bounding longitude

153.638954

North bounding latitude

-28.67276

South bounding latitude

-28.632248

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

-100

Maximum value

2228

Coordinate reference system

Authority code

urn:ogc:def:cs:EPSG::

Code identifying the coordinate reference system

5711

Temporal extent

Begin position

1990-01-01

End position

N/A

Dataset reference date

Date type

publication

Effective date

2013-01-01

Resource maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency

None

Contact info

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Full postal address

NSW

Australia

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Quality and validity

Field Value

Lineage

1:25,000 topographic maps marked with vegetation mapping linework were digitised via tablet using E-RMS software by NPWS staff in the Armidale/Coffs Harbour Office.

Constraints related to access and use

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Limitations on public access

Data Quality

Field Value

Scope

dataset

Responsible organisations

Field Value

Responsible party

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Full postal address

NSW

Australia

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Web address

https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/dcceew

Responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Field Value

Metadata point of contact

Contact position

Data Broker

Organisation name

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Full postal address

NSW

Australia

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Telephone number

131555

Email address

data.broker@environment.nsw.gov.au

Responsible party role

distributor

Metadata date

2016-05-31

Metadata language

eng