Victorian Flora Records with Moderate to Low Spatial Accuracy

A geospatial point layer of flora taxa records from the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas, including most threatened taxa. The main attributes include survey location, date, taxa recorded, counts, and locational accuracy ranging from +/- 500 meters to +/- 10 kilometers. The data is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling regional species distributions based on recorded taxa and survey locations.
• Analyzing temporal trends in flora observations based on the date and time attributes.
• Assessing survey effort and reliability across Victoria based on survey type and record reliability fields.
• Mapping general areas of biodiversity interest while respecting data restrictions on sensitive taxa.

Strengths

• Includes most threatened flora taxa records for Victoria.
• Locational accuracy is explicitly defined, ranging from +/- 500m to +/- 10km.
• The FFG (Flora and Fauna Guarantee) field has been updated to reflect 2021 legislative amendments.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Excludes restricted taxa records, which are contained in a separate, restricted dataset.

Provenance

Source

Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA), Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Aggregated field surveys, likely compiled from various sources and contributors.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 00:39:00.495137; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia