What data are maintained in BioNet Vegetation Classification?
Information about NSW Plant Community Types and their relationships within the NSW vegetation classification hierarchy is maintained in BioNet Vegetation Classification. The BioNet Vegetation Classification application also contains the NSW landscapes data collection.
Plant Community Types (PCTs) are the master community-level typology used in NSW planning and assessment tools and vegetation mapping and management programs. The PCT classification is maintained in the BioNet Vegetation Classification application. This includes PCT descriptions, relationships to higher levels in the NSW vegetation classification hierarchy, associations with threatened biodiversity, vegetation condition benchmarks and estimates of PCT clearing loss.
PCTs are mapped in the State Vegetation Type Map. For more information about the NSW Plant Community Type classification program, visit NSW plant community type classification.
The application includes these data collections:
- Vegetation Classification, including:
- PCT Classification
- PCT % Cleared data
- PCT-Threatened Ecological Community Associations
- Vegetation Condition Benchmarks
- Vegetation Class and Vegetation Formation Classification
- NSW Landscapes.
Access BioNet Vegetation Classification
For information on accessing BioNet applications and data, visit the Access BioNet page.
Access archived datasets
With the commencement of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and Biodiversity Assessment Method (BAM) on 25 August 2017, the Vegetation Classification and Threatened Species Profiles (TSP) datasets have evolved.
Archived datasets are available. These can be used to look up, for example, BioMetric Vegetation Type ID (BVT ID) and corresponding PCT ID, CMA-related data including BVT % cleared estimates and vegetation condition benchmark data.
User resources
- The BioNet Vegetation Classification User Manual contains step-by-step instructions on how to search, view and export data from the application.
- The BioNet Web Service quick guide explains how to access the BioNet Web Service using Excel and Power Query.
- NSW Plant Community Type classification provides information on the classification program.
- State Vegetation Type Map provides maps of PCT locations.
- BioNet resources contains quick guides, manuals and datasheets for BioNet Atlas and BioNet Vegetation Classification users.