Port Macquarie Hastings Vegetation and Endangered Community Maps 2014

115,922 hectares of vegetation across 12,967 polygons were mapped in the Port Macquarie Hastings Local Government Area. The dataset results from field surveys of 457 sites between 2010 and 2013, recording 611 plant species. It was produced by Biolink Ecological Consultants for the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and supersedes an earlier version.

Use Cases

• Modeling koala habitat suitability based on vegetation community classifications.
• Assessing the distribution and extent of Endangered Ecological Communities (EECs) for conservation planning.
• Ground-truthing and refining satellite or aerial vegetation imagery using field survey data.
• Analyzing floristic composition and biodiversity across 368,610 hectares of coastal landscape.

Strengths

• Mapping is based on 457 field survey sites, providing a substantial ground-truthed foundation.
• The project captured vegetation down to a minimum patch size of 0.25 hectares, offering fine-grained spatial detail.
• Data integrates formal floristic plots, rapid assessments, and legacy data from earlier studies.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-12 17:09:39.153415; freshness should be verified.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific Local Government Area study boundary.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Field surveys, aerial/satellite imagery analysis, and polygon digitization by Biolink Ecological Consultants.

Time Range

Field survey conducted from May 2010 to November 2012; mapping project from November 2012 to March 2013.

Freshness

Data reflects mapping from 2010-2013, reviewed in 2014. The platform record was last updated in 2026.

Geography

Port Macquarie Hastings Local Government Area (approx. 368,610 ha) on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, Australia.