State Vegetation Type Map: Central Tablelands Region Plant Community Types

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage produced a seamless map of native vegetation types for the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. It integrates the best available imagery, site surveys, and environmental data to model the distribution of Plant Community Types. The dataset was superseded by a newer version on June 24, 2022, and this specific version will be archived after March 31, 2025.

Use Cases

• Modeling native vegetation distribution based on integrated imagery and survey records.
• Assessing the relative significance of local vegetation based on the three-tier classification system (Formations, Classes, PCTs).
• Identifying likely plant community types in a location based on PCTIDMod1, PCTIDMod2, and PCTIDMod3 fields.
• Understanding mapping source provenance and uncertainty using the mapSource attribute.

Strengths

• Uses a three-tier vegetation classification system (Formations, Classes, Plant Community Types).
• Integrates multiple data sources including imagery, site surveys, and existing mapping.
• Provides uncertainty indicators through multiple likely Plant Community Type identifiers (PCTIDMod1-3).
• Designed for dynamic improvement as new local information becomes available.

Limitations

• Dataset was superseded on June 24, 2022, and will be archived after March 31, 2025.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), part of the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Collection Method

Constructed from the best available imagery, site survey records, environmental information, and integrated existing mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 07:59:35.328288; freshness should be verified as the dataset is superseded.

Geography

Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.