The ACT Vegetation Map classifies native and derived vegetation across the ACT at 1:10,000 scale into 64 plant communities as at 2023, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
The product includes the following attributes :
umcID – Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment vegetation ID (unique vegetation code) (after Armstrong et al 2013)
vegCommunity – vegetation community name (after Armstrong et al 2013 and Baines et al 2013)
tecACT - listing name of the ACT threatened ecological community (may require field inspection to verify)
tecEPBC - listing name of the EPBC threatened ecological community (may require field inspection to verify)
tecID - ID of ACT threatened ecological community
actConservationStatus - listing status of the vegetation community under the Nature Conservation Act
epbcConservationStatus - listing status of the vegetation community under the EPBC Act
pctCode - ACT plant community type code
treesp1-3 – dominant tree species
shrubsp1-3 – dominant shrub species
groundsp1-3 – dominant ground cover species
canopyCover – canopy cover % (based on 1m 2020 LiDAR canopy cover model)
height_mean canopy height (>3m) (based on 1m 2020 LiDAR canopy height model)
underCover – understory/shrub cover % (1-3m) (based on 1m 2020 LiDAR shrub model)
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).
hectares - area of polygon unit in hectares.
lastVegComm - community as it was last mapped as before change
landscape - upland or lowland
