Trees Near Me NSW offers a fun way to explore the native vegetation around you.
It lets you explore all of Plant Community Types (PCTs) across New South Wales, Australia. You can even go back in time to find out the plants that were in your neighbourhood before they were cleared.
Trees Near Me NSW is based on Plant Community Types, or PCTs. PCTs are the finest level of classification in the NSW vegetation classification hierarchy.
Learn about Plant Community Types (PCTs)
The vegetation at any particular location may be described in terms of the plant species present (from tallest trees to smallest herbs), and the relative ‘importance’ of each species based on a combination of abundance (number of individuals) and cover (how much of the area they occupy).
Plant species composition and relative importance varies across the landscape, and vegetation classification is an artificial framework used to subdivide and describe the patterns of composition and importance observed along complex continua of environmental and other gradients, including moisture, temperature, soil fertility and disturbance history. Because of the importance of plants to all other elements of biodiversity, vegetation classification units are commonly used as surrogates for broader biodiversity classification.
Plant Community Types, or PCTs, are the finest level of classification in the NSW vegetation classification hierarchy.
They identify and describe recurring patterns of native plant species assemblages in relation to environmental conditions; that is, sets of species that commonly occur together in association with particular combinations of soil, temperature, moisture and other factors.
PCTs fit within broader units known as vegetation classes. There are 99 vegetation classes representing broader-scale vegetation patterns across NSW. These in turn are nested into 12 vegetation formations at the top of the hierarchy. The two upper levels of the hierarchy are drawn from the independently constructed schema of Keith (2004) who described the native vegetation of New South Wales. See more at catalogue.nla.gov.au
More information
Answers to common questions about plant community types can also be found at www.environment.nsw.gov.au
Source Data
The maps and vegetation classification information you will find in Trees Near Me NSW are sourced from the Integrate BioNet Vegetation Data Program www.environment.nsw.gov.au. This program provides a trusted foundation to many NSW Government planning and decision systems.
State Vegetation Map
The maps you will find in Trees Near Me NSW are from the NSW State Vegetation Type Map.
The State Vegetation Type Map represents the most complete and consistent information about the distribution of Plant Community Types (PCTs) across NSW; benefitting landholders, planners and local communities. Access the source map on the SEED (Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data) Portal here datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au
BioNet Vegetation Classification Data
Information about NSW vegetation communities is maintained in the BioNet Vegetation Classification application, and made available via Bionet Web Services. BioNet offers descriptions of Plant Community Types (PCT), the master community-level typology used in NSW planning and assessment tools and vegetation mapping and management programs. Access the source data via the SEED (Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data) Portal here datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au
SEED (Sharing and Enabling Environmental Data portal)
SEED has been developed with and for the community of NSW, as a central place for everyone to find data about the NSW environment. It is a web-based portal where the community and government come to access, interrogate, contribute, and share NSW environmental data. SEED streamlines the discoverability and accessibility of environmental data, which ultimately empowers evidence-based decision making and increased trust through greater transparency.
Search for ‘SVTM’ to discover other products associated with the State Vegetation Type Map program, seed.nsw.gov.au
Suggest changes or updates
SEED has improved the way you can provide feedback, allowing users to submit more detailed feedback or suggestions on the datasets, tools or SEED portal. You can also provide comprehensive feedback, or proposed improvements on existing datasets. This can be done directly via the ‘Provide Feedback’ tool on the SEED map where you have your data layer area of interest loaded. Provide feedback at seed.nsw.gov.au
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