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Service Description: The ACT Vegetation Map classifies native and derived vegetation across the ACT at 1:10,000 scale into 64 plant communities. Vegetation communities are geographical units with similar association of plant species. The product also includes canopy cover and height variables based on 2015 ACT LiDAR data. Vegetation maps are important tools for characterising the landscape, informing policy and providing information for land and habitat management plans, including to help identify threats and risks to biodiversity and help prioritise protection of important ecological values in our landscape. This product will enable evidence-based decision-making at a broad regional, local and property planning scale in the ACT. It will also formulate a new baseline for future change detection in the landscape. Method: In the ACT Vegetation Map, native and derived vegetation across the entire ACTwas classified into 64 plant communities using the classificationdescribed by Armstrong et al 2013, in addition to three newly described ACT specific communities (Baines et al 2013). Mapping was completed using aerial imagery and stereo pair interpretation (2012-2015), extensive field work, collation of consultant reports and supplemental structural and canopy height datasets extracted from the 2015 ACT LiDAR capture at 1-5m grid resolution (van Dijk et al 2017 - in draft). The work expands on the vegetation mapping completed for the Kowen, Majura and Jerrabomberra districts of the ACT (Baines et al 2013). The product includes the following attributes : UMC_ID – Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment vegetation ID (unique vegetation code) (after Armstrong et al 2013) VEG_COMM – vegetation community name (after Armstrong et al 2013 and Baines et al 2013) TREESp1-3 – dominant tree species SHRUBSp1-3 – dominant shrub species GROUNDSp1-3 – dominant ground cover species CANOPYCOVER – canopy cover % (based on 1m 2015 LiDAR canopy cover model) HEIGHT_MEAN – mean canopy height (>3m) (based on 1m 2015 LiDAR canopy height model) UNDERCOVER – understory/shrubcover % (1-3m) (based on 5m LiDAR understory fractional cover model – van Djik 2017 in press) STRUCTURE – overall vegetation community structure – e.g. woodland, forest, grassland FORMATION – Keith Formation - broad classification of native vegetation type in NSW and ACT. Formation can be further divided into Keith Class (Keith 2004). CLASS – Keith Class- vegetation class (Keith 2004). This product should be used in conjunction with ACT Soil Landscapes, Hydrogeology and Land hazard mapping available on Actmapi, geological mapping provided by Geoscience Australia, and ACT derived LiDAR products including digital elevation model (DEM), slope and aspect (available CCBY 4.0). Updates: Version 2018.v1. The product will be updated as required when new information is available to improve accuracy of the product and to reflect changes and disturbance to vegetation, especially in the urban environment. Fit for purpose: Mapped at 1:10,000. This scale is for use at scales ranging from broad regional planning to local planning and property planning. References: Armstrong et al (2013). Plant communities of the upper Murrumbidgee catchment in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Cunninghamia13(1): 125-265 (2013). Baines et al (2013). The vegetation of the Kowen, Majura and Jerrabomberra Districts of the Australian Capital Territory. Technical Report 28 prepared for Conservation Planning and Research, ACT Government. van Dijk (2017in draft). Landscape Observatory. TERN & Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University 2017. Keith (2004). Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes. The Native Vegetation of the New South Wales and the ACT. NSW Department of Environment and Conservation.

Map Name: ACT Vegetation Communities Map

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• ALPINE COMPLEX (433)
  • a2 Alpine Baeckea – Swamp Heath – Candle Heath – Sphagnum cristatum wet heathland of the Australian Alps bioregion (369)
  • a8 Carex gaudichaudiana – Myriophyllum pedunculatum – Deschampsia cespitosa sedgeland of the Australian Alps bioregion (368)
  • a14 Prickly Snow Grass – Fen Sedge subalpine valley grassland (367)
  • a33 Leafy Bossiaea – Mountain Cassinia – Mueller’s Kunzea – Mountain Purplepea heathland (366)
  • a54 Mountain Plum Pine – Kosciuszko Rose heathland of screes and boulder-fields (365)
  • g36 Alpine Teatree – Mueller’s Kunzea – Burgan dry heathland on skeletal ridges primarily of the Namadgi region (364)
• DRY SCLEROPHYLL FORESTS (432)
  • p10 Black She-oak – Silvertop Ash tall shrubby dry sclerophyll open forest (382)
  • p14 Red Stringybark – Scribbly Gum – Red-anthered Wallaby Grass tall grass-shrub dry sclerophyll open forest on loamy ridges (381)
  • p23 Red Stringybark – Broad-leaved Peppermint tall dry sclerophyll grassy open forest on loamy rises (380)
  • q1 Drooping She-oak low woodland to open forest on shallow infertile hillslopes in the Australian Capital Territory and surrounds (379)
  • u18 Mealy Bundy – Broad-leaved Peppermint shrubby mid-high open forest on granite substrates (378)
  • u21 Broad-leaved Peppermint – Candlebark tall dry sclerophyll open forest of quartz-rich ranges (377)
  • u29 Apple Box – Broad-leaved Peppermint tall shrub-grass open forest primarily on granitoids (376)
  • u66 Mealy Bundy – Red Stringybark grass-forb mid-high open forest (375)
  • u105 Broad-leaved Peppermint – Brittle Gum – Red Stringybark tall shrub-grass dry sclerophyll open forest of lower ranges (374)
  • u150 Broad-leaved Peppermint – Mountain Gum shrubby tall open forest (373)
  • u152 Robertson’s Peppermint – Red Stringybark very tall grass-forb sheltered open forest (372)
  • u165 Robertson’s Peppermint very tall shrubby open forest (371)
  • u191 Black Cypress Pine – Brittle Gum tall dry open forest on hills (370)
• FRESHWATER WETLANDS (431)
  • AFV Aquatic fringing vegetation (388)
  • a9 Fen Sedge – Small River Buttercup – Common Reed aquatic herbfield of waterways (387)
  • e59 Small-fruited Hakea – Mountain Baeckea – Swamp Teatree subalpine wet heathland on escarpment and eastern tableland ranges (386)
  • L12 Freshwater sedge-herb marsh of shallow, commonly inundated wetlands (385)
  • u173 River Red Gum ± Apple Box very tall grass-forb riparian woodland on alluvial flats (384)
  • u193 Small-fruited Hakea – Drumstick Heath – Swamp Heath subalpine wet heathland (383)
• FORESTED WETLANDS (430)
  • u181 River Bottlebrush – Burgan rocky riparian tall shrubland (390)
  • p32d River She-oak riparian forest on sand-gravel alluvial soils along major watercourses (389)
• WET SCLEROPHYLL FORESTS (438)
  • u52 Ribbon Gum – Robertson’s Peppermint very tall wet sclerophyll open forest (393)
  • u53 Mountain Gum – Blackwood tall wet sclerophyll open forest primarily on granitoids (392)
  • u239 Alpine Ash – Mountain Gum ± Snow Gum wet sclerophyll open forest (391)
• GRASSY WOODLANDS (437)
  • q6 Red Box tall grass-shrub woodlands primarily on hillslopes and footslopes in the Australian Capital Territory (405)
  • u19 Blakely’s Red Gum – Yellow Box tall grassy woodland (404)
  • u22 Mountain Gum – Snow Gum ± Robertson’s Peppermint grass-forb very tall woodland to open forest (403)
  • u23 Snow Gum – Drumstick Heath – Myrtle Teatree tall woodland to open forest of drainage depressions (402)
  • u27 Snow Gum – Candlebark tall grassy woodland (401)
  • u28 Snow gum – Mountain gum – Daviesia mimosoides tall dry grass-shrub subalpine open forest (400)
  • u78 Snow Gum grassy mid-high woodland (399)
  • u118 Black Sallee grass-herb woodland in drainage depression and moist valley flats (398)
  • u158 Alpine Sallee shrub-grass subalpine mid-high woodland (397)
  • u178 Yellow Box ± Apple Box tall grassy woodland (396)
  • u207 Jounama Snow Gum – Snow Gum shrubby mid-high woodland on granitoids primarily of the Namadgi region (395)
  • p520 Ribbon Gum very tall woodland on alluvial soils along drainage lines (394)
• GRASSLANDS (436)
  • NTG Natural Temperate Grassland (408)
  • r1 Sub-montane moist tussock grassland (407)
  • r2 River Tussock – Kangaroo Grass – Rush wet tussock grassland of footslopes, drainage lines and flats (406)
• DERIVED & MODIFIED (435)
  • APE Amenity planting exotic (422)
  • APN Amenity planting native (421)
  • ARB Arboriculture (420)
  • EPN Environmental planting native (419)
  • DNF Derived native forest (418)
  • DNS Derived native shrubland (417)
  • DNW Derived native woodland (416)
  • EXF Exotic forest (415)
  • EXS Exotic shrubland (414)
  • EXW Exotic woodland (413)
  • PLE Plantation exotic (412)
  • PWR Power easement (411)
  • EXG Exotic grassland (410)
  • NG Native grassland (409)
• OTHER (434)
  • URB Urban and developed areas (427)
  • UOS Urban Open Space (426)
  • Sand (425)
  • Rock (424)
  • Water (423)

Description: The ACT Vegetation Map classifies native and derived vegetation across the ACT at 1:10,000 scale into 64 plant communities. Vegetation communities are geographical units with similar association of plant species. The product also includes canopy cover and height variables based on 2015 ACT LiDAR data. Vegetation maps are important tools for characterising the landscape, informing policy and providing information for land and habitat management plans, including to help identify threats and risks to biodiversity and help prioritise protection of important ecological values in our landscape. This product will enable evidence-based decision-making at a broad regional, local and property planning scale in the ACT. It will also formulate a new baseline for future change detection in the landscape. Method: In the ACT Vegetation Map, native and derived vegetation across the entire ACTwas classified into 64 plant communities using the classificationdescribed by Armstrong et al 2013, in addition to three newly described ACT specific communities (Baines et al 2013). Mapping was completed using aerial imagery and stereo pair interpretation (2012-2015), extensive field work, collation of consultant reports and supplemental structural and canopy height datasets extracted from the 2015 ACT LiDAR capture at 1-5m grid resolution (van Dijk et al 2017 - in draft). The work expands on the vegetation mapping completed for the Kowen, Majura and Jerrabomberra districts of the ACT (Baines et al 2013). The product includes the following attributes : UMC_ID – Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment vegetation ID (unique vegetation code) (after Armstrong et al 2013) VEG_COMM – vegetation community name (after Armstrong et al 2013 and Baines et al 2013) TREESp1-3 – dominant tree species SHRUBSp1-3 – dominant shrub species GROUNDSp1-3 – dominant ground cover species CANOPYCOVER – canopy cover % (based on 1m 2015 LiDAR canopy cover model) HEIGHT_MEAN – mean canopy height (>3m) (based on 1m 2015 LiDAR canopy height model) UNDERCOVER – understory/shrubcover % (1-3m) (based on 5m LiDAR understory fractional cover model – van Djik 2017 in press) STRUCTURE – overall vegetation community structure – e.g. woodland, forest, grassland FORMATION – Keith Formation - broad classification of native vegetation type in NSW and ACT. Formation can be further divided into Keith Class (Keith 2004). CLASS – Keith Class- vegetation class (Keith 2004). This product should be used in conjunction with ACT Soil Landscapes, Hydrogeology and Land hazard mapping available on Actmapi, geological mapping provided by Geoscience Australia, and ACT derived LiDAR products including digital elevation model (DEM), slope and aspect (available CCBY 4.0). Updates: Version 2018.v1. The product will be updated as required when new information is available to improve accuracy of the product and to reflect changes and disturbance to vegetation, especially in the urban environment. Fit for purpose: Mapped at 1:10,000. This scale is for use at scales ranging from broad regional planning to local planning and property planning. References: Armstrong et al (2013). Plant communities of the upper Murrumbidgee catchment in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Cunninghamia13(1): 125-265 (2013). Baines et al (2013). The vegetation of the Kowen, Majura and Jerrabomberra Districts of the Australian Capital Territory. Technical Report 28 prepared for Conservation Planning and Research, ACT Government. van Dijk (2017in draft). Landscape Observatory. TERN & Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University 2017. Keith (2004). Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes. The Native Vegetation of the New South Wales and the ACT. NSW Department of Environment and Conservation.

Copyright Text: © Conservation Research, EPSDD, ACT Government 2018

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Comments: The ACT Vegetation Map classifies native and derived vegetation across the ACT at 1:10,000 scale into 64 plant communities. Vegetation communities are geographical units with similar association of plant species. The product also includes canopy cover and height variables based on 2015 ACT LiDAR data. Vegetation maps are important tools for characterising the landscape, informing policy and providing information for land and habitat management plans, including to help identify threats and risks to biodiversity and help prioritise protection of important ecological values in our landscape. This product will enable evidence-based decision-making at a broad regional, local and property planning scale in the ACT. It will also formulate a new baseline for future change detection in the landscape. Method: In the ACT Vegetation Map, native and derived vegetation across the entire ACTwas classified into 64 plant communities using the classificationdescribed by Armstrong et al 2013, in addition to three newly described ACT specific communities (Baines et al 2013). Mapping was completed using aerial imagery and stereo pair interpretation (2012-2015), extensive field work, collation of consultant reports and supplemental structural and canopy height datasets extracted from the 2015 ACT LiDAR capture at 1-5m grid resolution (van Dijk et al 2017 - in draft). The work expands on the vegetation mapping completed for the Kowen, Majura and Jerrabomberra districts of the ACT (Baines et al 2013). The product includes the following attributes : UMC_ID – Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment vegetation ID (unique vegetation code) (after Armstrong et al 2013) VEG_COMM – vegetation community name (after Armstrong et al 2013 and Baines et al 2013) TREESp1-3 – dominant tree species SHRUBSp1-3 – dominant shrub species GROUNDSp1-3 – dominant ground cover species CANOPYCOVER – canopy cover % (based on 1m 2015 LiDAR canopy cover model) HEIGHT_MEAN – mean canopy height (>3m) (based on 1m 2015 LiDAR canopy height model) UNDERCOVER – understory/shrubcover % (1-3m) (based on 5m LiDAR understory fractional cover model – van Djik 2017 in press) STRUCTURE – overall vegetation community structure – e.g. woodland, forest, grassland FORMATION – Keith Formation - broad classification of native vegetation type in NSW and ACT. Formation can be further divided into Keith Class (Keith 2004). CLASS – Keith Class- vegetation class (Keith 2004). This product should be used in conjunction with ACT Soil Landscapes, Hydrogeology and Land hazard mapping available on Actmapi, geological mapping provided by Geoscience Australia, and ACT derived LiDAR products including digital elevation model (DEM), slope and aspect (available CCBY 4.0). Updates: Version 2018.v1. The product will be updated as required when new information is available to improve accuracy of the product and to reflect changes and disturbance to vegetation, especially in the urban environment. Fit for purpose: Mapped at 1:10,000. This scale is for use at scales ranging from broad regional planning to local planning and property planning. References: Armstrong et al (2013). Plant communities of the upper Murrumbidgee catchment in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Cunninghamia13(1): 125-265 (2013). Baines et al (2013). The vegetation of the Kowen, Majura and Jerrabomberra Districts of the Australian Capital Territory. Technical Report 28 prepared for Conservation Planning and Research, ACT Government. van Dijk (2017in draft). Landscape Observatory. TERN & Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University 2017. Keith (2004). Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes. The Native Vegetation of the New South Wales and the ACT. NSW Department of Environment and Conservation.
Subject: The ACT Vegetation Map classifies native and derived vegetation across the ACT at 1:10,000 scale into 64 plant communities. Version 2018v1. Full ACT coverage.
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Keywords: Canopy,LiDAR,landscape,shrub,tree,ground cover,grass,species,habitat,plant community,environment,research,conservation,ACT,Map,Vegetation
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