NSW Native Vegetation Extent Raster 5m v1.4: Tree Cover and Grasslands Map

NSW Native Vegetation Extent 5m Raster v1.4 is a single surface raster combining the best available information on native vegetation extent for New South Wales. It was developed under the State Vegetation Type Map program by integrating five existing datasets, including the 2011 5m NSW Woody Vegetation Extent with updates up to 2018. The layer helps discriminate native tree cover and woodlands from candidate native grasslands, water, forestry plantations, and non-native areas.

Use Cases

• Mapping koala habitat based on the integrated Koala Habitat Information Base (KHIB) datasets.
• Discriminating native tree cover from forestry plantations as described in the surface's purpose.
• Identifying candidate native grasslands and wetlands from visual interpretation of high-resolution imagery.
• Analyzing changes in woody vegetation extent between 2011 and 2018 using the foundational and updated data layers.

Strengths

• Integrates five existing datasets to present a single best-available surface for native vegetation extent.
• Built on a 5-meter resolution base layer (2011 NSW Woody Vegetation Extent) with updates up to 2018.
• Includes candidate native grasslands, woodlands, and wetlands from visual interpretation of high-resolution imagery.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-05-13 01:12:31.570438; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Integration of five existing datasets under the State Vegetation Type Map program, including visual interpretation of high-resolution imagery.

Time Range

Foundational data from 2011, with updates up to 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 01:12:31.570438

Geography

New South Wales, Australia