This web map service contains mapping data that will assist you to work through the vegetation management framework. It details areas of regulation, and outlines rules and values that must be considered when clearing native vegetation.It also includes mapping layers to assist with determining land suitability for high value agriculture.Due to the complex nature of some data layers, the service display scale ranges from 1:577792 to 1:1.

The aim of this document is to provide a practical guide for vegetation ecologists to ensure that compatible methodologies are used by Queensland Herbarium officers and other people producing regional ecosystem (RE) and vegetation maps.

Abstract

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.

The pre-clearing mapping is based on aerial photography and field survey of vegetation communities. Regional ecosystem linework reproduced at a scale greater than 1:100,000, except in designated areas, should be used as a guide only. The positional accuracy of RE data, mapped at a scale of 1:100,000, is 100 metres. The map scale of 1:50,000 applies to the Wet Tropics and part of Southeastern Queensland and map amendments areas.

Purpose

Pre-clearing regional ecosystems mapping at a map scale of 1:100,000 and 1:50,000 in part, based on surveys of vegetation communities and related landform, soils and geology and on 1:80,000 B&W 1960's aerial photography. Version 8.0 regional ecosystem descriptions, as originally described in Sattler & Williams (ed.) (1999) are available for download on the Queensland government website (search on: Regional Ecosystem Description Database). The survey and mapping of regional ecosystems of Queensland provides information for regional groups, non-government organisations, government departments, local government and industry, for planning and management purposes. (Dataset for Queensland incomplete).

Dataset History

Lineage statement:

Related polygon coverages include: pre-clearing vegetation communities and regional ecosystems, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2006b, 2007, , 2011 remnant regional ecosystems and, for areas where regional ecosystem coverages have not been completed, a separate polygon layer, remnant vegetation cover (e.g.: remcov11).

Process step:

The pre-clearing vegetation is simply the vegetation before clearing. Mapping of pre-clearing vegetation is based on the interpretation of landscape as depicted on aerial photos or satellite imagery (Landsat, Spot), and ground truthed on a limited sample of known points. The Queensland Herbarium uses the 1:80,000 black and white 1960's photos as the standard imagery for mapping pre-clearing vegetation. The structural classification system is based on Walker and Hopkins (1990). Where vegetation has already been cleared on these aerial photographs, the pre-clearing vegetation is reconstructed by the botanist using available information, including landform, soils, geology, field data (remnant roadside trees) and ecological knowledge. In addition, historical survey records of vegetation types and older aerial photos (if they exist) are used extensively in this reconstruction. The 2011 extent is based on the 2011 extent mapping that was derived from the standard state-wide coverage of dry season (around September) 2011. Technical processes: Vegetation boundaries are drawn on aerial photographs and manually digitised. Boundaries are referenced primarily to rectified Landsat imagery supplied by the State Land and Trees Study (SLATS, DSITIA) and to orthophotos if available. Field survey provided partial verification of boundaries. Pre-clearing vegetation is delineated using above resource material. Remnant vegetation boundaries derived by intersecting the 'vegetation cover' with the pre-clear coverage and altering attributes to reflect the remaining vegetation components of each polygon. The vegetation cover data is generated from Landsat imagery, using change detection data &/or Foliage Protection Cover (woody cover) from SLATS, DSITIA, as additional indicators of remnant, cleared or disturbed areas.

Source:

General Source Data: 1:80,000 B&W 1960's aerial photography, Landsat TM imagery rectified to 1:100,000 topographic maps, geology, soils and land systems data, topographic maps, field survey, existing field site data and existing mapped data (digital and hard-copy). Other reference data: National Estates (QLD), DCDB. Primary data source for the Wet Tropics bioregion 1:50,000 scale regional ecosystem mapping: * Vegetation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland bioregion. Wet Tropics Management Authority, Cairns, Stanton J.P. and Stanton, D.J. (2005). Additional Source Data for SEQ 1:50,000 scale mapping: 1:100,000 scale geological mapping NR&M (2002) and extensive field data for all revisions. * Ipswich, Mt Lindesay, Esk & Helidon sheets revised (2000-2001) using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1994-1997). * Gatton Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and Gatton Shire Remnant vegetation mapping, QPWS, Grimshaw (2001). * Crows Nest Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (2000). * Boonah Shire revision using 1:25,000 vegetation survey, Olsen (2001). * Laidley Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and 1:50,000 vegetation survey, Lockyer Landcare (1997). * Noosa Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997 & 2000) and Noosa Shire 1:25,000 vegetation survey, Burrows (2000). * Pine Rivers Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997), Pine Rivers Shire regional ecosystem database (2001) and the Brisbane Forest Park, 1:25,000 vegetation survey, Young (1996). * Logan City revision using 1:25,000 Logan City vegetation survey, Ecograph (2000). * Redland Shire revision using 1:25,000 Redland Shire vegetation survey, Olsen (2001). * Gold Coast City Council revision using 1:10,000 digital ortho-photography (2001) and QPWS Fire Management Strategy (2001). * Beaudesert Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and Beaudesert Shire vegetation survey, Chenoweth EPLA (2002) and QPWS Fire Management Strategy (2001). * Cooloola Shire revision using 1:40,000 colour aerial photography (1996) and Cooloola Shire vegetation survey, Lowe (2002). * Maroochy Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and Maroochy Shire vegetation survey, MSC (2002). * Caloundra City Council revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997).

Dataset Citation

Queensland Herbarium, Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts (2013) Queensland Regional Ecosystems. Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 07 December 2018, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/d644de21-13f9-4689-acda-47fff61cfc1d.

This series contains ten spatial resource records used for the assessment of relevant activities under the Vegetation Management Act 1999.

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Abstract

This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied. The pre-clearing mapping is based on aerial photography and field survey of vegetation communities. Regional ecosystem linework reproduced at a scale greater than 1:100,000, except in designated areas, should be used as a guide only. The positional accuracy of RE data, mapped at a scale of 1:100,000, is 100 metres. The map scale of 1:50,000 applies to the Wet Tropics and part of Southeastern Queensland and map amendments areas.

Purpose

Pre-clearing regional ecosystems mapping at a map scale of 1:100,000 and 1:50,000 in part, based on surveys of vegetation communities and related landform, soils and geology and on 1:80,000 B&W 1960's aerial photography. Version 8.0 regional ecosystem descriptions, as originally described in Sattler & Williams (ed.) (1999) are available for download on the Queensland government website (search on: Regional Ecosystem Description Database). The survey and mapping of regional ecosystems of Queensland provides information for regional groups, non-government organisations, government departments, local government and industry, for planning and management purposes. (Dataset for Queensland incomplete).

Dataset History

Lineage statement:

Related polygon coverages include: pre-clearing vegetation communities and regional ecosystems, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2006b, 2007, , 2011 remnant regional ecosystems and, for areas where regional ecosystem coverages have not been completed, a separate polygon layer, remnant vegetation cover (e.g.: remcov11).

Process step:

The pre-clearing vegetation is simply the vegetation before clearing. Mapping of pre-clearing vegetation is based on the interpretation of landscape as depicted on aerial photos or satellite imagery (Landsat, Spot), and ground truthed on a limited sample of known points. The Queensland Herbarium uses the 1:80,000 black and white 1960's photos as the standard imagery for mapping pre-clearing vegetation. The structural classification system is based on Walker and Hopkins (1990). Where vegetation has already been cleared on these aerial photographs, the pre-clearing vegetation is reconstructed by the botanist using available information, including landform, soils, geology, field data (remnant roadside trees) and ecological knowledge. In addition, historical survey records of vegetation types and older aerial photos (if they exist) are used extensively in this reconstruction. The 2011 extent is based on the 2011 extent mapping that was derived from the standard state-wide coverage of dry season (around September) 2011. Technical processes: Vegetation boundaries are drawn on aerial photographs and manually digitised. Boundaries are referenced primarily to rectified Landsat imagery supplied by the State Land and Trees Study (SLATS, DSITIA) and to orthophotos if available. Field survey provided partial verification of boundaries. Pre-clearing vegetation is delineated using above resource material. Remnant vegetation boundaries derived by intersecting the 'vegetation cover' with the pre-clear coverage and altering attributes to reflect the remaining vegetation components of each polygon. The vegetation cover data is generated from Landsat imagery, using change detection data &/or Foliage Protection Cover (woody cover) from SLATS, DSITIA, as additional indicators of remnant, cleared or disturbed areas.

Source:

General Source Data: 1:80,000 B&W 1960's aerial photography, Landsat TM imagery rectified to 1:100,000 topographic maps, geology, soils and land systems data, topographic maps, field survey, existing field site data and existing mapped data (digital and hard-copy). Other reference data: National Estates (QLD), DCDB. Primary data source for the Wet Tropics bioregion 1:50,000 scale regional ecosystem mapping: * Vegetation of the Wet Tropics of Queensland bioregion. Wet Tropics Management Authority, Cairns, Stanton J.P. and Stanton, D.J. (2005). Additional Source Data for SEQ 1:50,000 scale mapping: 1:100,000 scale geological mapping NR&M (2002) and extensive field data for all revisions. * Ipswich, Mt Lindesay, Esk & Helidon sheets revised (2000-2001) using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1994-1997). * Gatton Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and Gatton Shire Remnant vegetation mapping, QPWS, Grimshaw (2001). * Crows Nest Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (2000). * Boonah Shire revision using 1:25,000 vegetation survey, Olsen (2001). * Laidley Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and 1:50,000 vegetation survey, Lockyer Landcare (1997). * Noosa Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997 & 2000) and Noosa Shire 1:25,000 vegetation survey, Burrows (2000). * Pine Rivers Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997), Pine Rivers Shire regional ecosystem database (2001) and the Brisbane Forest Park, 1:25,000 vegetation survey, Young (1996). * Logan City revision using 1:25,000 Logan City vegetation survey, Ecograph (2000). * Redland Shire revision using 1:25,000 Redland Shire vegetation survey, Olsen (2001). * Gold Coast City Council revision using 1:10,000 digital ortho-photography (2001) and QPWS Fire Management Strategy (2001). * Beaudesert Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and Beaudesert Shire vegetation survey, Chenoweth EPLA (2002) and QPWS Fire Management Strategy (2001). * Cooloola Shire revision using 1:40,000 colour aerial photography (1996) and Cooloola Shire vegetation survey, Lowe (2002). * Maroochy Shire revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997) and Maroochy Shire vegetation survey, MSC (2002). * Caloundra City Council revision using 1:25,000 colour aerial photography (1997).

Dataset Citation

"Queensland Herbarium, Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts" (2013) Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems - South East Qld. Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 12 December 2018, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/9b7bcebf-8b7f-4fb4-bc91-d39f1bd960cb.

Version 13.1 - Delineation of remnant/non-remnant vegetation, cleared areas and other features for Queensland. Based on the 2021 remnant regional ecosystem mapping.

This layer is displayed on the Environmental significance - vegetation management overlay map in City Plan version 7 as 'Matters of state environmental significance'. This layer identifies areas of endangered and of concern vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999, and excludes disturbed and regrowth vegetation. The layer is also available in Council’s City Plan interactive mapping tool. For further information on City Plan, please visit http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/planning-and-building/city-plan-2015-19859.html

Regional Ecosystems (Pre-Clearing) in the Brisbane City Council area.Regional ecosystems (RE's) are vegetation communities in a bioregion that are consistently associated with a particular combination of geology, landform and soil (Sattler and Williams 1999, Vegetation Management Act 1999).Pre-clearing identifies the original extent of vegetation communities before anthropogenic clearing occurred. The pre-clearing map classifies vegetation communities into regional ecosystems as per the regional ecosystems descriptions database (REDD), using the Methodology for Survey and Mapping of Regional Ecosystems and Vegetation Communities in Queensland. Version 3.2.This dataset was derived from the Queensland Herbarium dataset Regional Ecosystems 2015.

This web map service contains mapping data that will assist you to work through the vegetation management framework. It details areas of regulation, and outlines rules and values that must be …Show full descriptionThis web map service contains mapping data that will assist you to work through the vegetation management framework. It details areas of regulation, and outlines rules and values that must be considered when clearing native vegetation.It also includes mapping layers to assist with determining land suitability for high value agriculture.Due to the complex nature of some data layers, the service display scale ranges from 1:577792 to 1:1.

This dataset contains polygons depicting vegetation communities of the Wet Tropics Bioregion. Over 250 vegetation types are described using structural and floristic characteristics, and the vegetation communities have been classified using a logical, hierarchical framework. At a broad level, the vegetation includes the rainforests, forests and woodlands, sclerophyll rainforests, shrublands and heathlands, herblands and mangrove communities distributed throughout the bioregion. The dataset is derived from 1:25 000 stereo aerial photography. J.P. Stanton and D.J. Stanton delineated vegetation and geology types by manually interpreting and drawing polygons directly onto the aerial photography. The vegetation of the Wet Tropics Bioregion GIS dataset is also available to or those with ArcGIS capacity. Contact wettropics@wtma.qld.gov.au for more information. Attributes The vegetation has been classified into 5 levels, each of increasing level of detail. The following is the list of unique values for the first three levels. For the complete list of all 5 levels please refer to the 'Vegetation Levels 1 to 5 classification list' document. Level_1: * Vegetated, * Unvegetated Level_2: * Sclerophyll forests and woodlands, * Cleared, unvegetated or non-native * Rainforests * Mangroves * Non-woody vegetation * Shrublands and heathlands * Vegetation complexes and mosaics * Sclerophyll and sclerophyll rainforest transitions Level_3: * Eucalyptus forests and woodlands * Melaleuca forests and woodlands * Water bodies * Mesophyll rainforests * Mangrove forests * Mangrove grasslands and herblands * Rural, agricultural or urban areas * Grasslands * Shrublands and heathlands * Coastal beach complexes * Riparian complexes * Naturally unvegetated * Closed Acacia forests * Closed Eucalyptus forests * Acacia forests and woodlands * Microphyll thickets * Notophyll rainforests * Secondary successional complexes * Casuarina forests and woodlands * Sedgelands * Rock pavement and coastal headland complexes * Lophostemon forests and woodlands * Fern complexes * Microphyll rainforests * Palm-leaf rainforests * Wetland complexes * Syncarpia forests and woodlands * Notophyll thickets * Closed Lophostemon forests Positional accuracy The positional accuracy of the mapped vegetation polygons is ±12 metres from the true position as depicted on the Australian 1:50 000 Topographic Survey Map Series R733. Horizontal accuracy is estimated at 90% of well-defined detail within ±50 metres of true position. Attribute accuracy Attribute accuracy is estimated at 95%. Citation Wet Tropics Management Authority (2009). Vegetation Mapping of the Wet Tropics Bioregion of Queensland. Wet Tropics Management Authority, Cairns. Acknowledgements The expert assistance and advice of James Cook University and the Queensland Herbarium is gratefully acknowledged. /Base data/Data reproduced with permission of Wet Tropics Management Authority/ This metadata was prepared for the eAtlas and is not authoritative. Please contact the Wet Tropics Management Authority for an authoritative record.

Version 6.1 pre-clearing and 2021 remnant Broad Vegetation Groups of Queensland (BVG), derived from the regional ecosystem mapping. The 1:1 million BVG is added by lookup table derived from the Regional Ecosystem Description Database (REDD). The dominant BVG 1:1 million (DBVG_1M) is determined by percentages of each BVG.

This dataset is available on Brisbane City Council’s open data website – data.brisbane.qld.gov.au. The site provides additional features for viewing and interacting with the data and for downloading the data in various formats.

Regional Ecosystems (Pre-Clearing) in the Brisbane City Council area.

Regional ecosystems (RE's) are vegetation communities in a bioregion that are consistently associated with a particular combination of geology, landform and soil (Sattler and Williams 1999, Vegetation Management Act 1999).

Pre-clearing identifies the original extent of vegetation communities before anthropogenic clearing occurred. The pre-clearing map classifies vegetation communities into regional ecosystems as per the regional ecosystems descriptions database (REDD), using the Methodology for Survey and Mapping of Regional Ecosystems and Vegetation Communities in Queensland. Version 3.2.

This dataset was derived from the Queensland Herbarium dataset Regional Ecosystems 2015.

"The Native Vegetation Area layer forms part of the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Maps within the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014. This layer is for the purpose of the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014 only. Please contact Council on 5475 7526 or email mail@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au for more information on the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme 2014.

Note on Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Maps ─ *Areas not identified by the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Maps may also contain Ecologically Important Areas, rare or threatened flora and fauna species or their supporting habitat. Development occurring in such areas will also be assessable against the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code. * Overlays provide a trigger for consideration of an overlay issue to be verified by further on-site investigations. * In certain circumstances pre-existing development approvals may override the operation of an overlay."

1:100,000 coastal wetland vegetation mapping for Queensland including mangrove communities, saltpans and saline grasslands. Mapping taken from Landsat TM images with ground truthing. Additional metadata is available for details of techniques and accuracy for each section of coastline. Data Currency for each section of coast: NT border to Flinders River - 1995 SE Gulf of Carpentaria - 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992 Cape York Peninsula - 1986-88, 1991 Cape Trib to Bowling Green Bay - 1997-99 The Burdekin Region - 1991 The Bowen Region - 1994-95 The Whitsunday Region - 1997 Repulse Bay - 1989 Central Qld - 1995, 1997 The Curtis Coast Region - 1997 Round Hill Head to Tin Can Inlet - 1997 Moreton Region - 1995.

Data and metadata sourced from https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?uuid=135EB151-D406-4094-9E9F-40ABC5AA0C7B December 2020. This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of The Queensland Government for the purposes of the Seamap Australia collaborative project (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme).

Study locations across Queensland have been visited since 1982 to collect data on physical and vegetation features, including structural and floristic attributes well as descriptions of its landscape, soil and geologic features. The resulting site survey database provides a comprehensive record of areas ground-truthed during the regional ecosystems mapping process and a basis for future updating of mapping or other relevant work such as species modelling. The QBEIS study locations are primarily used for ground-truthing and validating of Regional Ecosystems (RE) mapping, and describing and classifying vegetation mapping units. Only validated QBEIS data is made publicly available and all records of confidential taxa have been masked from the dataset.

Vegetation management regional ecosystems description database (VM REDD) contains:

• vegetation management classes (endangered, of concern, least concern)
• regulated grasslands (woody grassland structure category) and unregulated grasslands (grassland structure category)
• structure categories and other regional ecosystem information for use under the vegetation management framework.

Read more on vegetation management regional ecosystem descriptions.

The Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) has been analysing and reporting on woody vegetation change (loss) since 1988 using Landsat imagery. This dataset provides regional data summaries for vegetation clearing mapped by SLATS in all mapping periods from 1988 to 2016. Find more information about SLATS.

Study locations across Queensland have been visited since 1982 to collect data on physical and vegetation features, including structural and floristic attributes well as descriptions of its …Show full descriptionStudy locations across Queensland have been visited since 1982 to collect data on physical and vegetation features, including structural and floristic attributes well as descriptions of its landscape, soil and geologic features. The resulting site survey database provides a comprehensive record of areas ground-truthed during the regional ecosystems mapping process and a basis for future updating of mapping or other relevant work such as species modelling. The QBEIS study locations are primarily used for ground-truthing and validating of Regional Ecosystems (RE) mapping, and describing and classifying vegetation mapping units. Only validated QBEIS data is made publicly available and all records of confidential taxa have been masked from the dataset.

Abstract This raster dataset provides the latest summary information on Australia's present (extant) native vegetation, which has been classified into Major Vegetation Groups. It is in Albers Equal Area projection with a 100 m x 100 m (1 Ha) cell size. A comparable Pre-1750 (pre-European, pre-clearing) raster dataset is available. For this update, Version 6.0, the extant datasets for Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Western Australia have been updated. An automated, data-driven procedure, followed by thorough manual checks, was undertaken to make any necessary updates to MVG/MVS assignments for WA, VIC, NT, SA and NSW, with any changes being verified by the corresponding state/territory contacts. For Version 5.1 the extant dataset for Tasmania was updated, with gapfilling work being completed for the NSW extant dataset. Some of the rulesets underpinning the assignment of MVGs and MVSs were also updated to improve consistency for their allocation. Version 5.0 substantially standardised the lookup tables (NVIS5_0_LUT_DETAILxxxx and NVIS5_0_LUT_AUST_FLATxxxx). Previously, Version 4.2 updated NSW. For version 4.1 most agencies supplied data to the update. For more detail refer to the associate lookup tables. Summaries were derived from the best available data in the NVIS extant theme. This product is derived from a compilation of data collected at different scales on different dates by different organisations. Please refer to the separate Key Dataset map showing scales of the input datasets 'NVIS6_0_KEY_DSET_xxx'. Gaps in the NVIS database were filled by non-NVIS data, notably parts of South Australia and small areas of New South Wales such as the Curlewis area. The data represent on-ground dates of up to 2006 in Queensland, 2001 to 2005 in South Australia (depending on the region) and 2004/5 in other jurisdictions, except NSW. NVIS data was partially updated in NSW with 2001-09 data, with extensive areas of 1997 data remaining from the earlier version of NVIS. Major Vegetation Groups were identified to summarise the type and distribution of Australia's native vegetation. The classification contains different mixes of plant species within the canopy, shrub or ground layers, but are structurally similar and are often dominated by a single genus. In a mapping sense, the groups reflect the dominant vegetation occurring in a map unit where there are a mix of several vegetation types. Subdominant vegetation groups which may also be present in the map unit are not shown. For example, the dominant vegetation in an area may be mapped as dominated by eucalypt open forest, although it contains pockets of rainforest, shrubland and grassland vegetation as subdominants. A number of other non-vegetation and non-native vegetation land cover types are also represented as Major Vegetation Groups. These are provided for cartographic purposes, but should not be used for analyses. The (related) Major Vegetation Subgroups represent the dominant vegetation groups in the dominant stratum, along with the dominant shrub or ground layer,and are available as separate raster datasets. For further background and other NVIS products, please see the links at: http://www.environment.gov.au/land/native-vegetation/national-vegetation-information-system. Currency Date modified: 10 December 2020 Modification frequency: None Data extent Spatial extent North: -8.139869° South: -44.318646° East: 157.215737° West: 109.504356° Temporal extent From 28 January 2016 to 10 December 2020 Source information This dataset is provided by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Map Server Metadata Public listing

Lineage statement NVIS Version 6.0 Spatial datasets were updated for Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and Australian Capital Territory. Non-spatial updates have been made to all these states except WA, due to problems encountered with non-aligning mosaicked Map Units between the NVIS database and the non-spatial data supplied on the WA government portal. Hence, the original non-spatial data has been used in conjunction with the new spatial data for this state. For Queensland, updates were made predominantly to the MVG/MVS allocation as supplied directly by the state, with the existing Level 6 to Level 1 heirarchy mostly remaining unchanged from the existing database. However, a total of 567 L6 to L1 descriptions were updated in accordance with the Regional Ecosystem technical descriptions on the Qld Government portal. For the remaining states and territories the Version 5.1 spatial and non-spatial data was reused. The VICTA tool (an automated, data-driven procedure with embedded rulesets) was run to make any necessary updates to MVG/MVS assignments for WA, VIC, NT, SA and NSW, followed by necessary manual QA checks. This resulted in some changes to L6 and L5 descriptions. Any changes made to the existing L5/L6 descriptions were verified by the corresponding state/territory contacts. Detailed lineage information is available via the Metadata listing. Data dictionary This dataset comprises defined areas with vegetation types only. All layers

Attribute name Vegetation Types

Major Vegetation Group Acacia Forests and Woodlands Acacia Open Woodlands Acacia Shrublands Callitris Forests and Woodlands Casuarina Forests and Woodlands Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings Eucalypt Low Open Forests Eucalypt Open Forests Eucalypt Open Woodlands Eucalypt Tall Open Forests Eucalypt Woodlands Heathlands Hummock Grasslands Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands Mallee Open Woodlands and Sparse Mallee Shrublands Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands Mangroves Melaleuca Forests and Woodlands Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat Other Forests and Woodlands Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands Other Open Woodlands Other Shrublands Rainforests and Vine Thickets Regrowth, modified native vegetation Sea and estuaries Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands Tussock Grasslands Unclassified Forest Unclassified native vegetation Unknown/no data

Contact Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, GeoSpatial@dcceew.gov.au