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Metadata : Sandsheet Heath Vegetation in the Darwin Region |
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Version:1.0
Date Metadata Extracted:2024-04-25
Date Metadata Last Updated:2019-09-04
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Citation
ANZLIC Identifier:0323B08857C95C65E050CD9B2144212B
Title: Sandsheet Heath Vegetation in the Darwin Region
Citation Date:2014-08-22
Date Type:creation
Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
Description
This dataset contains spatial polygons identifying sandsheet heath vegetation within the Darwin Region.
The polygons are compiled from 2 spatial datasets, Liddle et el 2013 and Hempel 2003. The data sourced from Liddle is located within the Howard Sand Plains Site of Conservation Significance (SOCS) area. The data sourced from Hemple is outside this SOCS area and within the broader Darwin Region.
Sandsheet heath vegetation typically occurs on seasonally saturated or inundated, low-fertility, acidic sandy to silty hydrosols and is characterised by the dominance of mid-tall heathshrubs, shrubs and/or low trees in the upper stratum (typically Banksia dentata, Grevillea pteridifolia, Lophostemon lactifluus, Melaleuca nervosa, Melaleuca viridiflora, and Verticordia spp.) and a ground stratum with a diverse range of sedges, herbs and grasses but typically dominated by the restiad, Dapsilanthus spathaceus.
Although this vegetation community is strictly not heath according to the national vegetation classification system growth form definitions (NVIS, 2017), it has been a colloquially used term in the NT since the greater Darwin region land cover mapping (Hempel, 2003). The definition of Sandsheet heath vegetation has been referred to in the Land Clearing Guidelines (DENR, 2019), and therefore is retained here.
For more information about sandsheet heath vegetation within the Northern Territory, see fact sheet: nt.gov.au/_data/assets/pdf_file/0015/204207/sensitive-vegetation-sandsheet-heath-english.pdf
- biota
- environment
Bounding Coordinates:
- North Bounding Coordinate:-12.14324
- South Bounding Coordinate:-12.7558
- East Bounding Coordinate:131.30959
- West Bounding Coordinate:130.979
Dataset Status
Dataset ID:
Language:English
Character Set: Latin 1
Progress:completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned
Data Currency Start Date:2013-01-01
Data Currency End Date:2014-08-22
Access Constraint:
Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/
You are licensed to use the DENR geospatial products on the terms and conditions set out in: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0) at: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
If you do not agree to the terms and conditions you must not use the geospatial products.
You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the licensed material, provided that you abide by the licence terms (including Attribution) and attribute the licensed material using the statement:
Supplied by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.
Data Quality
Lineage:Sandsheet heath vegetation communities were selected from both datasets and combined using ESRI arcgis software applications.
This dataset is described as Version 1, applicable as 21 August 2019.
Positional Accuracy:Liddle et al 2013: original dataset based on ground surveys and aerial photographic interpretation at approximately 1:10 000 scale.
Hempel 2003: original dataset was compiled at a scale of 1:100 000 using satellite derived imagery date, April 2001.
The datasets have not been updated since publication. There may be a high degree of inaccuracy when comparing this data to the present day extent of this vegetation type.
Attribute Accuracy:The data attributes have been reworked to simply note the presence of Heath or Other Vegetation communities. Please refer to the original datasets for further vegetation community descriptions.
The attribute naming format uses 10 characters with no spaces to be suitable for an ESRI shape-file format. An alias attribute name is applied for storage in an ESRI file geo-database format.
Logical Consistency:GIS editing tools were used to rectify all overshoots and undershoots in line work. Polygon topology rules applied are; must not overlap, must not have gaps and each polygon has only one label.
Completeness:IN PROGRESS
Contacts
Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au
Data Dictionary
Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description 01. SURVEY_NME Alias: Survey Name 02. SURVEY_ID Alias: Survey Identifier
This Survey ID code is used for department storage purposes. The data scale follows the survey id.
This survey ID is SSHDREG_100.03. VEGCOMM Alias: Vegetation Community
The label used to describe the vegetation community for mapping purposes.04. COM_DESC Alias: Community Description
A brief description of the vegetation community.
For more details, refer to the report - see Other Comments in this metadata record.05. LOCALCORE Alias: Location Core 06. HSPLAINS Alias: Howard Sand Plains
Denotes whether the polygon is located within the Howard Sand Plains Site of Conservation Significance.
Value 1 - inside SOCS, Value 0 - outside SOCS.07. AREA_HA Alias: Area (ha)
Area in hectares calculated for each polygon using an albers projection.08. SOURCE Alias: Data Source
This is a compilation dataset from 2 sources:
- Liddle 2013, Veg Howard Sand Plains SOCS, 10k within the Howard Sand Plains SOCS area.
- Hempel 2003, Landcover Greater Darwin, 100k outside the Howard Sand Plains SOCS area.09. VERSION_NO Alias: Version Number
This spatial dataset is currently referred to as Version 1.10. UPDATED Alias: Version Updated
Version 1 of this spatial dataset is current to 21/08/2019.
Supplementary Information
Spatial data is based on information compiled from the following reports;
D.T. Liddle, P. Harkness, J. Westaway, D.L. Lewis and I.D. Cowie (2013)
Vegetation communities and plant biodiversity values of the seasonally saturated lands of the Howard Sand Plains Site of Conservation Significance in the Northern Territory of Australia
Report to the Australian Government Caring for our Country initiative. Northern Territory Government Department of Land Resource Management. Palmerston.
Download report (PDF) from NT Library. hdl.handle.net/10070/277553
Hempel, C.J., (2003).
The application of Landsat imagery to land cover mapping in the greater Darwin region.
Technical report number 74, ISBN 1 9207 7217 0. Biodiversity Unit, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, Darwin.
Download report from NT Library hdl.handle.net/10070/244223
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