Note: this dataset decsription is metadata (data about data) which describes the actual dataset in accordance with the ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata.
Abstract:Maps the natural vegetation of Wyong Local Government Area. Associated document: Stephen Bell and Colin Driscoll(2008). Revised Vegetation mapping of Wyong LGA: Stage 1 – West of F3 Freeway. Report to Wyong Shire Council.
Purpose:Update an earlier version created in 2002
Jurisdiction:NSW, Australia
Custodian organisation:Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH)
Lineage:A revision of existing mapping for Wyong LGA. Extensive and detailed data collection and API has been undertaken in Olney, Ourimbah and Wyong State Forests, covering 14 680ha, and used to produce a new vegetation map broadly based on the NPWS (2000) classification scheme. In addition, previous mapping projects, including those for Jilliby State Conservation Area, have been incorporated with new API of unmapped areas to produce a single seamless vegetation layer for western Wyong, covering 50 native vegetation map units.
Metadata standard name:ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata Metadata standard version:1.1
NOTE: custodianship for vegetation data resides with Wyong Shire Council. Vegetation footprint supplied.Dataset access is granted solely by Wyong Shire Council as determined by the terms and conditions specified in any associated data sharing agreement(s). Any person whose legal rights may be affected or who intends to act on any information contained in the dataset should verify such information with Wyong Shire Council. Use of the dataset is determined by any associated data sharing agreement(s). Wyong Shire Council accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions. Maps and reports made using any data must acknowledge Wyong Shire Council copyright and the date of the dataset release.
ATTRIBUTES:
SUBGROUP - represents variants of the vegetation map unit of Bell (2002).
CLASS - Combines vegetation type of Bell (2002) with SUBGROUP & CONDITION attributes.
STATE - State of vegetation (Bell, 2002); Values: XR = Disturbed – Canopy only
XS = Disturbed – Regrowth.
VEGENAME - Names from Bell (2002).
Keith_No - Classifies vegetation according to the Formations of Keith (2004); Values: 1, 2, 4–6, 8–10 (within Wyong Shire).
Keith_Type - Name of the Keith Formations (Keith 2004).
UNIT - Mapping by Bell & Driscoll (2008) using REMS (2000) units and subunits.
COMM - Assignment of Bell & Driscoll (2008) subunits to Bell (2002) units by name.
LABEL - Major species identified by Bell & Driscoll (2008).
WYONG_UNIT -Assignment of Bell & Driscoll (2008) subunits to Bell (2002) unit numbers with addition of three new units (44, 45 & 46) in 2009; Values: 1-46.
WYONG_COMM.
REMS_UNIT - REMS (2000) unit.
REMS_COMM - REMS units assigned to broad vegetation types.
JSCA_UNIT - Bell & Driscoll (2008) subunit numbers.
JSCA_COMM - Bell & Driscoll (2008) subunit names.
SOURCE - Defines if the Bell & Driscoll subunits were assigned by Jilliby Mapping (for DECC) or by Bell as part of the Bell & Driscoll (2008) project or the Wyong Coal Project investigations.
EEC - Estimate of the EEC status of the vegetation.
REFERENCES:
Bell, S.A.J. (2002) The natural vegetation of Wyong Local Government Area, Central Coast, New South
Wales. (2 volumes). Unpublished Report to Wyong Shire Council. Eastcoast Flora Survey.
Bell, S.A.J. & Driscoll, C. (2008) Vegetation of the Cessnock-Kurri Region, Cessnock LGA, New South Wales:
Survey, Classification & Mapping. Unpublished Report to Department of Environment and Climate
Change. Eastcoast Flora Survey. February 2008.
Keith, D. 2004, Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes: The Native Vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT, Department of Environment and Conservation NSW, Sydney.