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Title

Melville Range Nature Reserve Vegetation 2006 VIS_ID 4746

Alternative title(s)

MelvilleRangeNR_2006_E_4746

Abstract

Melville Range Nature Reserve vegetation mapping was undertaken by Dr John T. Hunter and Paul Sheringham in 2006 by contract for the NPWS Northern Tableland Region. Melville Range Nature Reserve comprises some 843 ha of land and lies between Tamworth and Gunnedah. These lands were previously freehold and all boundaries are with freehold lands. Us such much of the past landuse management has been for grazing and some timber removal. The reserve falls within the Nandewar Bioregion and the North Western Slopes Botanical Division.

The vegetation of Melville Range Nature Reserve is described and mapped (scale 1:25 000). Five communities are defined based on classification (Kulczynski association). These five communities were mapped based on ground truthing, air photo interpretation and landform. Almost all of the reserve is dominated by the trees Eucalyptus crebra, Euc. albens and Euc. dealbata with a sparse shrub layer of Notelaea microcarpa, Psydrax odoratum and Bursaria longisepala and an understorey dominated by Aristida ramosa, Scutellaria humilis, Arthropodium sp. B, Joycea pallida, Geranium solanderi, Dichondra sp. A and Cymbopogon refractus. Much of the reserve has been disturbed in the past, particularly clearing and grazing. Parts of Community 3: Dry Rainforest, are likely to conform to the Endangered Ecological Community of Semi-Evergreen Vine Thickets. Communities 4 and 5 should be considered as highly restricted and therefore of concern.

VIS_ID 4746

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Data quality statement for Melville Range Nature Reserve Vegetation 2006 VIS_ID 4746

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Melville Range Nature Reserve Vegetation 2006 VIS_ID 4746

Name: Melville Range Nature Reserve Vegetation 2006 VIS_ID 4746

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Unique resource identifier

Code

f8379152-62fe-4fe0-9b41-e106f2b10032

Presentation form

mapDigital

Edition

01/09/2006

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/f8379152-62fe-4fe0-9b41-e106f2b10032

Purpose

Park and fire management

Status

completed

Spatial representation

Type

vector

Spatial reference system

Authority code

GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)

Code identifying the spatial reference system

4283

Spatial resolution

10 m

Classification of spatial data and services

Field Value

Topic category

Keywords

Field Value

Keyword set

keyword value

VEGETATION-Floristic

Originating controlled vocabulary

Title

ANZLIC Search Words

Reference date

2008-05-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

150.56131

East bounding longitude

150.703033

North bounding latitude

-31.176543

South bounding latitude

-31.07215

NSW Place Name

West of Tamworth, NSW

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

2006-01-01

End position

N/A

Dataset reference date

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

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Lineage

Dr John T. Hunter prepared the report of the vegetation of the Melville Range Nature Reserve. Aims included the collation of existing information from previous floristic surveys and the placement of stratified full vascular plant floristic sites be carried out in order to complete a comprehensive investigation of the vegetation and flora of Melville Range NR. The report represents the findings of this study. The collated information is to be used as a guide for management purposes.

The requirements of the investigation were: 1. Collate existing information from previous vegetation surveys conducted within the conservation areas. 2. Site placement to be based on selected environmental variables and be distributed based on the area they occupy. 3. Identify weed species and their occurrence. 4. Identify RoTAP, EPB&C Act and TSC Act species and their occurrence. 5. Identify regionally significant species. 6. Provide known fire ecology information on species and communities. 7. Construction of a vegetation map based on communities as defined by classification and ordination analyses. 8. Provide management recommendations.

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Limitations on public access

Data Quality

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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

2018-02-28

Metadata language

eng