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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Hunter Wetlands National Park (Tomago Precinct) Vegetation Map, 2012. VIS_ID 3924

Vegetation Mapping of the Tomago Precinct of Hunter Wetlands National Park undertaken by ecobiological for NPWS in 2012. Field data was collected at 647 points and 12 permanent monitoring points in May to June 2012. Six vegetation types consisting of 14 variants or sub-units were observed and mapped within the study area:

 Saline Wetland Complex (230 ha)

 Freshwater Wetland Complex (16 ha)

 Swamp Oak Forest (69 ha)

 Exotic Vegetation (40 ha)

 Paperbark – Swamp Mahogany Forest (8ha)

 Smooth-barked Apple – Red Bloodwood – Banksia Forest (5 ha)

Four threatened ecological communities and two threatened species were recorded during the survey.

Twenty (20) species of exotic plant were recorded during surveys and maps showing the distribution of noxious and environmental weeds are provided. VIS_ID 3924

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Language English
Alternative Title HunterWetlandsTomago_E_3924
Edition unknown
Purpose To survey and map the current floristic composition and extent of vegetation and to establish fixed vegetation survey points which can be used to monitor changes occurring as a result of restoration of tidal inundation.Recommendations are provided for future monitoring and mapping using methods established by this study.
Frequency of change Not planned
Keywords FLORA-Native,VEGETATION-Floristic
Metadata Date 2012-01-01
Date of Asset Creation 2012-01-01
Date of Asset Publication 2013-06-08
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 25000
Geospatial Topic Biota
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Temporal Coverage From 2012-06-30
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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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 2013"