Skip to main content
Dataset
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Subscribe
Coastal Vegetation of North East NSW. VIS ID 3885

Fine scale vegetation mapping for areas of coastal north east NSW undertaken by Steve Griffiths and Bob Wilson from 1984 to 2012. The mapping includes all large and many smaller conservation reserves from the Forster district northwards, in addition to areas of significant native vegetation on crown or freehold land. Aerial photo interpretation (API) of predominantly 1:25000 colour photography, and limited coverage at scales of 1:10000 and 1:16000.

The structural classification follows Walker & Hopkins (1984). Subformation names are an adaptation of the classification proposed by Beadle & Costin (1952). The communities were named after dominant indicator species of the tallest stratum (and occasionally lower stratum), and most could be considered associations using the definition of Beadle (1981).

The separately mapped areas were merged into a single dataset in 1994. Yuraygir was updated in 2001-02. In 2011 three additional areas were included: Booti Booti National Park (1999), Frogalla Swamp (1996)and Saltwater Catchment (2005, Kendall and Kendall). NB. Frogalla and Saltwater were mapped for non OEH projects.

The combined dataset includes the following areas:

  • Booti Booti NP
  • Broadwater NP
  • Bundjalung NP
  • Crowdy Bay NP
  • Diggers Camp VCL
  • Emerald Beach VCL
  • Frogalla Swamp (GTCC contract, 1996)
  • Goanna Headland VCL
  • Hat Head NP
  • Hathead NP
  • Iluka NR
  • Kattang NR
  • Lake Innes NR
  • Limeburners Creek NR
  • Minnie Waters VCL
  • Moonee Beach NR
  • Newrybar Swamp VCL
  • Richmond River VCL
  • Saltwater Catchment (DLWC contract, P.Kendall, 2003)
  • Yuraygir NP

Please note that many of the reserve boundaries have expanded since the original vegetation mapping. RN17 Forest Type codes were only added to the vegetation mapping in 1994 ie. the later additions do not have FT codes in the attribute table.

Other coastal reserves mapped by Griffiths and/or Wilson that have not been included in this merged dataset are:

Khappinghat NR 2000 Wallis Island NR 2017

VIS ID 3885

Data and Resources

Metadata Summary

What is metadata?
Field Value
Language English
Alternative Title CoastVeg_NE_NSW_E_3885
Edition unknown
Purpose Vegetation Mapping
Frequency of change Unknown
Keywords VEGETATION,FLORA
Metadata Date 2011-12-19
Date of Asset Creation 2011-12-19
Date of Asset Revision 2023-03-23
Date of Asset Publication 2011-12-19
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 25000
Geospatial Topic Biota
NSW Place Name North East NSW Coast
Extent

Dataset extent

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Temporal Coverage From 1994-01-06
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
Legal Disclaimer Read
Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2011"
Back to the top