Plant Community Identification Utility: User manual
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1. 33 Click OK to exit the Summary View screen 8 Further Information You can get further information on the Plant Community Type identification Tool or the Vegetation Information System Classification via the Help and Information menu options as shown below X VIS Plant Community Identification Tool Data sourced 18 04 2012 Communities Help Further back ground information for the NSW vegetation Information System and its components can be found on the OEH web site http www environment nsw gov au research VegetationlnformationSystem htm As the listing of vegetation communities may change periodically you should check the VIS Classification web page to ensure you using the more current version of the database The database version can also be viewed in the application title bar which indicates the date at which the data was last produced PCT Identification Tool User Manual 46 References Benson J S 2006 New South Wales Vegetation Classification and Assessment Introduction the classification database assessment of protected areas and threat status of plant communities Cunninghamia 9 3 331 382 Benson J S Allen C Togher C amp Lemmon J 2006 New South Wales Vegetation Classification and Assessment Part 1 Plant communities of the NSW Western Plains Cunninghamia 9 3 383 451 Benson J S 2008 New South Wales Vegetation2. A EEAAsao AARAiA ePeeMMa666 A To select a Formation click once to highlight the relevant formation and then click OK as shown below 6D Forests or woodlands with an abundance of plant groups in the understorey that are able to tolerate ie periodic inundation or waterlogging particularly sedges rushes and reeds Confined to damp low lying i parts of the coast ar adjacent to rivers lakes or swamps in the inland Forested wetlands Eh 9 Forested Wetlands D Forests or woodlands generally lacking plants that tolerate inundation or waterlagging Rarely in damp low lying sites adjacent to rivers lakes or swamps B Forests or Woodlands not dominated by eucalypts although these may be present as scattered individuals T Trees absent or present only as scattered emergent individuals The selected Vegetation Formation will be added to the Selected Search Criteria box at the top right Selected Search Criteria Criteria perator value ree Formation Keth Formation z m Forested wetlands Lh am Change To change or remove the selected criteria click the Remove or Change button on the right of the relevant criterion PCT Identification Tool User Manual 12 If you wish to select a Vegetation Class open the Class level using the sign next to the Formation description as s
3. ee Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins cere Community Cover Classes Hn Community Growth Farms Walker and Hopkins PCT Identification Tool User Manual 17 f Catchment Management Authority peer Border Rivers Gwydir BAG mee Central Wrest D Hawkesbury Wepean HM m HunterCentral Rivers HCR TN Lachlan LN Lower Murray Darling LMC dr Murray MR owe Murrumbidgee MBG T amoi NA k ac Northem Rivers NA coms Sydney Metro SM d Westem Ww MJ Selected Search Criteria t Southem Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests Southem Rivers SR 5 2 3 Community Species All strata or Upper Middle or Ground Stratum You can select PCTs by the scientific or common names of species recorded in the community as indicated below search Crtena p Vegetation Formation Keith 2004 Vegetation Class Keith 200 4 Catchment Management Authority CMA r m mm E umm mmm o mmm o mmm o AM Amm o Xm XA 68 E RN fen Community Species All strata I L Community Species Upper Stratum A Community Species Middle Stratum oh Community Species Ground Stratum Community Structure bem Community Height Dover Metrics Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins v Community Cover Classes ae Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins PCT Identification Tool User Manual 18 Sele
4. M S 1990 Australian soil and land survey field handbook Inkata Press Melbourne PCT Identification Tool User Manual 47 Attachment 1 Table 16 Fieid criteria used to determine crown and foliage cover classes Field criteria used for estimation of the Foliage cover Code Cover class cover class for trees or shrubs or plants percent for with distinct crowns ground cover Grasses forbs Woody plants f Closed or dense Crowns touching to overlapping 10 Micd dense Crowns touching or slightly separated 30 7075 Sparse Crowns ciearly separated 10 30 Very sparse Crowns well separated 1096 isolated plants Trees about or greater than 100m apart shrubs about 25 m apart isolated clumps Ciump of two to five woody piants 200m or further apart A sample site may be in a clump in which case the ciump may be in classes D S M or V PCT Identification Tool User Manual 48
5. Percentage Cover 4N Projective Foliage Cover am m r a h fae EE Further information on cover types is provided Walker and Hopkins 1990 specifically pp66 77 and a summary table from that publication is provided at Attachment 1 Enter the actual figure integer to represent the cover percentage then click OK as shown below example below defines mean cover based on Crown or Canopy Cover type equal to or greater than 15 PCT Identification Tool User Manual 27 Please input the community cover estimate as a percentage Operator gt M Cover Type 1N CrwnorCanopyCover Mean Cover Value 15 The selected term will appear in the Search Criteria box at the top right as shown below Selected Search Crtena C Oieis Opes Vaie Charge Rene jCoveMean gt 15 Change J Remove 5 2 6 Community Height Classes Click on Community Height Classes in the Search Criteria list to bring up the list of Height Classes as shown in the two figures below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 28 Search Crena pe Vegetation Formation Keith 004 mend Vegetation Class Keith 2004 erent Catchment Management Authority CMA Community Species Upper Stratum sever Community Species Middle Stratum n Community Species Ground Stratum vem Community Structure t vss Community Height Cover Metrics revere Community Height Classes walker and Hopkins d Community
6. User Manual 30 Community Height Classes by Growth Form Walker amp Hopkins ix palm P T treefern P vine twiner L bulbous tuberous herb B shrub S woody herb Q tree T 9 Range 35 01 100 00m Extremely tall 8 Range 20 01 35 00m Very tall 7 Range 12 01 20 00m Tall 6 Range 6 01 12 00m Mid high 5 Range 3 01 6 00m Low 4 Range 1 01 3 00m Dwarf mallee M mallee shrub Y chenopod shrub C cycad A fern E heath shrub Z sedge V alga 3 fungus 0 epiphytic herb K hummock grass H L mistletoe 1 The selected term will appear in the Search Criteria box at the top right as shown below oelected Search Crena Criteria perator Value Change Hemove 5 2 7 Community Cover Classes Click on Community Cover Classes in the Search Criteria list to bring up the list of Height Classes Click on the relevant Cover Class then click OK to add the term to the search criteria as shown in the sequence below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 31 Search Crena i Vegetation Formation Keith 2004 i Vegetation Class Keith 2004 corner Catchment Management Authority CMA Community Species Upper Stratum cera Community Species Middle Stratum staan Community Species Ground Stratum vem Community Structure i Community Height Cower Metrics Foliage cover 10 30 Crown cover 20 50 Percent c
7. f1 D 1 D h laisen ancala Alaaa llanata All dd 1 1 n n This will bring up the plant community types in the current list grouped by Formation and Class Click the sign next to the Formation and or Class name to open the plant community type names as shown below E 3 Gumman View EF And Shrublands Acacia subformatian B A Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands wl Porcupine Grass Red Mallee Gum Coolabah hummock grassland low sparse woo PCT Identification Tool User Manual 44 Click on one of the names plant community type Class or Formation and the summary information including an image if one is available will be displayed as shown below You can view the Formation and Class summary for the plant community type by clicking on the headers in the display area on the right If you clicked on a Formation or Class name the plant community type below will be the first one listed in the Summary View List by default S Summary View 7 Wet Sclerophyll Forests Grassy subformabon Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests Ribbon Gum Narrow leaved Robertsons Peppermint fern grass tall open fo Bogong Gum Riblon Gum shrubby open forest on the sch west escarpment of Koay Gully Gum Woila Gum shrubby woodland on rocky hills of the escarpment ranges Sout Mountain Grey Gum Narrow leaved Peppermint grassy woodland on shales of the Mountain Gum Manna Gum open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregi
8. need to go to the relevant subformation to select the entry for the search as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 11 Dichotomous Formation Key A Vegetation dominated by trees single stemmed woody plants or multi stemmed mallee eucalypts that 7 are generally more than 5 m tall mature Wet Sclerophyll forests Ch 2 The wet sclerophyll forests can be further divided into two subformations shrubby which have understories dominated by soft leaved shrubs but only sparse grass cover and grassy whcih have understories dominated by a more continuous cover of grasses and herbs butonly sparse shrub cover Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests E Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests ie Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests B Forests or woodlands dominated by eucalypts Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll forests Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests E Tall forests typically 30 m iere d tall straight trunked eucalypts usually with soft leaved Wet Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation ferns or herbs in the understor i C Forests or woodlands dominated by short B Forests or woodlands not dominated by eucalypts although these may be present as scattered individuals A Trees absent or present only as scattered emergent individuals i Wet Sclerophyll Forests Grassy subformation i
9. Bloodwood Sydney Silvertop Ash Broad leav Silvertop Ash Hard leave Silvertop Ash Messmate 13 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 14 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests 15 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll For 16 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrublgrass Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll F Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 18 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 19 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 20 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 4 21 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su Wet Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 24 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrub grass South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests Silvertop Ash Mountain G Silvertop Ash Narrow lea Silvertop Ash Rough bar Silvertop Ash White Strin Silvertop Ash open forest Silvertop Ash shrubby ope Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophy White Ash Silvertop Ash Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll White Stringybark Mount 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 You can also create a custom filter Right click on the relevant column
10. Classification and Assessment Part 2 Plant communities in the NSW South western Slopes Bioregion and update of NSW Western Plains plant communities Version 2 of the NSWVCA database Cunninghamia 10 4 599 673 Benson J S Richards P Waller S amp Allen C 2010 New South Wales Vegetation classification and Assessment Part 3 Plant communities of the NSW Brigalow Belt South Nandewar and west New England Bioregions and update of NSW Western Plains and South western Slopes plant communities Version 3 of the NSWVCA database Cunninghamia 11 4 Forestry Commission of New South Wales 1989 Forest types in New South Wales Research Note 17 Forestry Commission of New South Wales Pennant Hills IUCN The World Conservation Union 2001 UCN Red List Categories Version 3 1 Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission IUCN Gland Switzerland and Cambridge Keith D A 2004 From ocean shores to desert dunes the vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT Department of Environment and Conservation NSW Hurstville Mitchell P B 2002 NSW Ecosystems study background and methodology Report 13 7 NSW Biodiversity Strategy NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Sydney New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation 2004 IBRA sub regions Unpublished GIS map NSW DEC Sydney Walker J amp Hopkins M S 1990 Vegetation In McDonald R C Isbell R F Speight J G Walker J amp Hopkins
11. Dichotomous Formation Key Selected Search Criteria Durs Vegetation Formation Key Criteria Operator Value Change Remove Class Keith Class 2004 Alpine Heaths Change Class Keith Class 2004 Alpine Herbfields Change Class Keith Class 2004 Alpine Bogs and Fens Change Class Keith Class 2004 Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands Change Remove Search Critena Vegetation Formation Keith 2004 Vegetation Class Keith 2004 e Catchment Management Authority CMA Community Species Upper Stratum Community Species Middle Stratum j Community Species Ground Stratum Community Structure scene Community Height Cover Metrics bee Community Height Classes Walker and H Community Cover Classes Els Community Growth Forms Walker and Ho Show Results Save Results mm p wp dh ee EY a 1 i g ex vrag a Coll n Nere To aroUuD O this column J 4 B Oe rte hl xt a eer pe AEC ON pea T Formation Class Vegetation Type KC ket Kc2 Arid Shrublande Acacia s bfomalio Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands Heather Bush Mu f1 0 0 0 Arid Shrublands Acacia subformatio Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands Porcupine Grass f1 0 0 0 Arid Shrublands Acacia subformatio Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands Desert Paper bark 1 0 0 D Arid Shrublands Acacia subformatio Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands Curly Mallee blue f1 0 0 0 Alpine Complex Alpine Herbfields Alpine short snow
12. Growth Farms walker and Hopkins Community Height Classes by Growth Form Walker amp Hopkins 2 palm P dis treefern P vine twiner L bulbous tuberous herb B shrub S a woody herb Q Dien tree T mallee M g mallee shrub Y a chenopod shrub C n cycad A fern E heath shrub Z sedge V alga 3 fungus 0 epiphytic herb K hummock grass H mistletoe I Samphire U tussock grass graminoid G xanthorrhoea grass tree X forb F graminiform J lichen N I f 1 f i ee i mene e concn app oen do o a o a E ap com I i 1 ay one Oe Each of these terms contains the list of relevant community height classes as defined in Walker and Hopkins 1990 for that growth form group Click on the sign next to the relevant group to open the community height classes within that group click once to highlight the relevant term then click OK to add the term to the search criteria as shown in the sequence below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 29 9 Range 35 01 100 00m Extremely tall 8 Range 20 01 35 00m Very tall 7 Range 12 01 20 00m Tall 6 Range 6 01 12 00m Mid high 5 Range 3 01 6 00m Low 4 Range 1 01 3 00m Dwarf mallee M mallee shrub Y E chenopods CO Hin cycad A Hmm fern E heath shrub Z sedge V PCT Identification Tool
13. Rushland Forbland Fernland Mossland Vineland ReedLand Each of these terms contains the list of relevant community structures as defined in Walker and Hopkins 1990 for that growth form group N B Woodland contains forest as well as woodland types Click on the sign next to the relevant group to open the community structure terms within that group click once to highlight the relevant term then click OK to add the term to the search criteria as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 22 r Woodland FL Clesed Forest Open Forest Woodland peres Open Woodland rus Isolated Woodland L Clumped Woodland Mallee Woodland E Shrubland Mallee Shrubland E Heathland Chenopod Shrubland i Grassland E j j Vineland I ReedLand The selected term will appear in the Search Criteria box at the top right 5 2 5 Community Height Mean Cover Mean Metrics You can search for plant community types by specifying actual measures of structure in terms of height and cover for the community Click on the sign next to the Community Height Cover Metrics option in the Search Criteria list to open the two available paths as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 23 Search Criteria Vegetation Formation Keith 2004 be Vegetation Class Keith 2004 Catchment Management Auth
14. VIS Plant Community Identification Tool Data sourced 06 06 2012 Communities Help Information Alt I This will bring up the screen shown below Scroll down the page to read the text then click OK when you are finished to close this screen YIS Plant Community Identification T aal Version 1 0 0 0 Copyright Office of Environment and Heritage HS 2012 N SW Office of Environment and Heritage MSM GOVERNMENT Overview Office of The standard operational classification hierarchy for native vegetation in T NSW incorporates three nested classifications Yegetation Formations Envi ronment Vegetation Classes and Plant Community Types The plant community types amp Heritage and their relationships to vegetation formations and classes are maintained in the Yegetation Information System VIS Classification database version 2 0 The NSW plant community type PCT classification was developed in 2011 to establish an unambiguous master community level classification for use in vegetation mapping programs Biol etric based regulatory decisions and as a standard typology for other planning and data gathering programs 4 plant community type can be searched For within the system Gy various parameters en that a user can identify a plant community they are observing with reference to the vegetation classification This Tool is designed to assist vau in identifying in the field communities managed with the NSW vegetati
15. on Help Manual pdf and the Manual will open within your browser The link below VIS Home Page will take you to the VIS Classification Home Page on the web this will open in a separate browser window PCT Identification Tool User Manual 5 3 Help Remote VIS Classification Application s Xa Help Manual pdf e YIS Home page Once the Manual opens you can read and search within it in the browser or save it to your computer To save the Manual click File gt Save As gt pdf as shown below ph PlantCommunityldentificationUtilityUserManual pdf Adobe Reader ZEE Edit View Window Help Bom ono Das H E amp amp 2 e Ic 5a tri 5 Attach to Email Text Close Ctrl Properties Ctrl D Print Ctrl P 1 C PlantCommunityIde lityUserManual pdf 2 ZiArcdevigisdl VCOBBReport SP 2 pdfF 3 ZA APCTIdTool manual v0 6 05062012 pdf 4 N YNVIS Reconstructi Data 20111212 pdF 5 CA M3023PDFbooklet pdfF NSW VIS Classification V CA Web 2 0 Ctrl Q Exit Remote Plant Community Type Identification Tool Users Manual WI office of Environment GOVERNMENT amp Heritage Prepared by Scientific Services Division PCT Identification Tool User Manual 6 Navigate to where you want to save the Manual A brief overview of the PCT Id Tool is also available via the About menu option in the Help area as shown below 8
16. or woodlands with an abundance of plant groups in the understorey that are able to tolerate t peradic inundation or waterlaqging particularly sedges rushes and reeds Confined to damp low lwing parts of the coast or adjacent to rivers lakes or swamps in the inland A s L4 Forested wetlands Ch 3 D Forests or woodlands generally lacking plants that tolerate inundation or waterlogging Harely in Bi damp low lying sites adjacent to rivers lakes or swamps E Forests or rarely woodlands with an abundance of hard leaved sclerophyllaus shrubs in the understorey Only rarely dominated by box eucalypts Groundcover often sparse and typically dominated by scleraphyllous t sedges but may sometimes include reasonably continuous swards of grasses Confined to the coast tablelands i and the western slopes where average annual rainfall exceeds 500 mm largely on infertile sandy or loamy soils Dry Sclerophyll forests Ch 5 The dry sclerophyll forests can be further divided into two subformations shrubby which have understones i dominated by hard leaved shrubs but very sparse grass cover and shrub grass which have understories with a mare continuous cover of grasses and herbs but a variable cover af hard leaved shrubs 2 ed 3 Drm Sclerophyll Forests Shrub grass sub formation M 3 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby sub formation If the Formation is subdivided e g Grassy Subformations and Shrubby Subformations you will
17. the list of available growth forms black font Click once on the relevant growth form as shown below then click OK PCT Identification Tool User Manual 34 D 3 Community Growth Forms by Stratum walker amp Hopkins l Upper Stratum e Trees group Trees vines palms treefer F Unknown group Unknown growth Farm l Middle Stratum TER around Stratum The selected term will appear in the Search Criteria box at the top right as shown below Selected Search Criteria IET Criteria Operator Value Change Remove 6 Show results At any time while you are building your search criteria you can have the plant community types currently matching your criteria displayed To do this simply click the Show Results button and the results will be displayed in the results section at the bottom of the page as shown below in the sequence below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 35 Southem Tableland Wet Sclerophyl Forests Southem Rivers SR Eucalyptus camaldulensis Community Species Ground Stratum 5 a eg 6 Range 6 01 12 00m Mid high C sty Height Cover Metrics Foliage cover 30 70 Crown cover 50 80 Percer C ity Height tree T Community Cover Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins Community Cover Classes Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins Growth Forms Walker amp Hopkins Growth Forms by Stratum Walker amp Hopkins Sav
18. there is more than one possible path to arrive at the formation after Keith 2004 To open the Dichotomous Key click on Vegetation Formation Key as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 9 Selecte Search Critena Vegetation Formation Keith 2004 Vegetation Class Keith 2004 Catchment Management Authority CMA Community Species Upper Stratum Community Species Middle Stratum Community Species Ground Stratum Community Structure Community Height Cover Metrics Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins _ Community Cover Classes L Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins This will open the first level of the Key as shown below z Dichotomous Formation Key Vegetation dominated by trees single stemmed woody plants or mulli stemmed mallee eucalypts that are generally mare than 5 m tall when mature ium A Trees absent or present only as scattered emergent individuals To open the next levels in the key click on the sign to the left of the relevant option as shown below Dichotomous Formation Key A Vegetation dominated by trees single stemmed woody plants or multi stemmed mallee eucalypts that are generally more than 5 m tall when mature R B Forests or woodlands dominated by eucalypts B Forests or woodlands not dominated by eucalypts although these may be present as scattered individuals A Trees absent or present only
19. with soft leaved shrubs ferns or herbs in the understorey Wet Sclerophyll forests Ch 2 1 The wet sclerophyll forests can be further divided into two subformations shrubby which have understories dominated by soft leaved shrubs but only sparse grass cover and grassy whcih have understories dominated by amore continuous cover of grasses and herbs butonly sparse shrub cover I i Wet Sclerophyll Forests Grassy subformabon E Montane Vet Sclerophyll Forests Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests I J Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll forests Wet Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation C Forests or woodlands dominated by short E Forests or woodlands not dominated by eucalypts although these may be present as scattered individuals A Trees absent or present only as scattered emergent individuals The selected Vegetation Class will be added to the Selected Search Criteria box at the top right PCT Identification Tool User Manual 13 Selected Search Crtena Criteria Operator Value Change Remove Class Keith Cias 2004 Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll A To change or remove the selected criterion click the Remove or Change button on the right of the relevant criteria 5 2 Search Criteria The main area of the PCT Identification page is used to construct your searc
20. NSW VIS Classification Remote Plant Community Type Identification Tool Users Manual A Office of NSW Environment covernment amp Heritage Prepared by Scientific Services Division 2012 State of NSW and Office of Environment and Heritage Disclaimer The Office of Environment and Heritage OEH has compiled this manual in good faith exercising all due care and attention No representation is made about the accuracy completeness or suitability of the information in this publication for any particular purpose OEH shall not be liable for any damage which may occur to any person or organisation taking action or not on the basis of this publication Readers should seek appropriate advice when applying the information to their specific needs This document may be subject to revision without notice and readers should ensure they are using the latest version Published by Office of Environment and Heritage 59 Goulburn Street Sydney NSW 2000 PO Box A290 Sydney South NSW 1232 Phone 02 9995 5000 switchboard Phone 131 555 environment information and publications requests Phone 1300 361 967 national parks climate change and energy efficiency information and publications requests Fax 02 9995 5999 TTY 02 9211 4723 Email infoQ environment nsw gov au Website www environment nsw gov au Report pollution and environmental incidents Environment Line 131 555 NSW only or infoQ environment nsw gov au See also
21. allest Mountain Grey Gum Whit Red Bloodwood Hard lea Silvertop Ash Black She _ Ax Remove Silvertop Ash Blue leave Vc Fiter Silvertop Ash Blue leave EE Group by this column Silvertop Ash Blue leave Yellow Stringybark Silver Yertchuk Silvertop Ash _ Blue leaved Stringybark s 4 7 A 3 3 3 3 Silvertop Ash Blue leave 3 3 3 3 3 2 i i alee ee ae ee ee TEN Please note that you can also use this menu to sort or group the results Simply click on the option you want and the results will be sorted or grouped accordingly To apply a filter click the Filter option as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 39 I Inner nn 53 Sort Smallest to Largest Z4 Sort Largest to Smallest Ax R rJ 4 Group by this column 1 The filter screen below will appear Simply click on or off any of the available options for that column or select all Clicking off a selection means that that result will not appear in the results screen The result isn t lost so if you come back and click a selection back on it will appear again in the results el Filter Criteria Definition 53 Filter by No of matches I Select All v3 v 2 Click OK when you done to implement the filter or Cancel to close the window without implementing the filter The results will reflect your changes in the example below the se
22. as scattered emergent individuals To close a level click on the sign next to the relevant level Please note that you can open each level independent of other levels i e unless you close a level it will remain open Keep PCT Identification Tool User Manual 10 choosing the appropriate path until you reach the Formation description this will be marked by a capital F icon i as shown below Dichotomous Formation Key A Vegetation dominated by trees single stemmed woody plants or multi stemmed mallee eucalypts that are generally mare than 5 m tall when mature 2 I B Forests or woodlands dominated by eucalypts 1 J P iP d C Tall forests typically 30 m dominated by tall straight trunked eucalypts usually with softleaved blo RO shrubs ferns or herbs in the understorey Largely confined to moderately fertile soils in sheltered ai i locations on the coast and escarpment where average annual rainfall exceeds 900 mm Excludes rverine forests west of the Great Divide that lack the understorey characteristics described above 1 i 2 2 L Forests or woodlands dominated by short to moderately tall trees rarely gt 35 m usually branching io i i at less than half of their height The understorey generally lacks fems and shrubs with broad soft leaves MES Caecie but may include abundant grasses hard leaved shrubs or ephemeral herbs Widespread east and west of TEE the Great Divide 6 OO Forests
23. cessus dad ietdentide utut entis uopuD dM e tI DIU M sd Ida ORE teS dp EARS MEO 46 niis crc 47 NETEDA E D a RERO E EE EE TP 48 1 Introduction The Plant Community Type Identification Tool has been developed to assist users including botanists environmental consultants landowners and others with the identification of standard NSW Plant Community Types as maintained in the New South Wales Vegetation Information oystem s VIS Classification Database This tool is available in two formats as a module within the online VIS Classification database in Version 2 1 and later and as a remote internet independent tool for use on laptops in the field The NSW plant community type classification is expected to change overtime as better information becomes available Consequently as improvements to the plant community type classification are published in the main on line application updates of the remote Tool will be exported and posted from the VIS web page 2 Purpose This user manual is to provide guidance for Public Users in the installation and operation of the remote Plant Community Type Identification Tool 3 Downloading You will require approximately 40Mb of space on your hard drive and be using a machine running Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Vista or Windows 7 4 Installing The software requires a minimum of 120Mb of hard disk space for complete installation Please note that you do not need administrator privileges to install the s
24. ction of Community Species is the same for the All strata Upper Middle and Ground Strata so only the Upper Stratum is detailed here Using the All strata option searches for a species that is listed in any of the species lists ie Upper Mid or Ground If you want to select a species from within only one stratum then use the relevant option Selection of species is by clicking the Community Species Upper Stratum menu option as shown below search Crena pem Vegetation Formation Keth 200 4 n Vegetation Class Keith 2004 mem Catchment Management Authority CMA err Community Species All strata nee Community Height Lever Metrics vem Community Height Classes walker and Hopkins sc Community Cover Classes J Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins This will open the species selection screen as shown below Community Species Upper Stratum Add common name to species search Type in a speces name To search for a species you can search using only the scientific name or include the common name in the search simply check or uncheck the Add common name to species search as required The field will auto search based on any three or more letters entered into the Type in a species name field once there is a pause of two seconds in typing and will retrieve matches PCT Identification Tool User Manual 19 for species names commencing with these letters So typing euc will retrieve all species w
25. e Results View Summaries M N Drag a column here to group by this column Save Results View Summaries Drag a column here to group by this column Formation Class Vegetation Type Forested Wetlands Inland Riverine Forests River Red Gum sedge domin Forested Wetlands Inland Riverine Forests River Red Gum herbaceous g Forested Wetlands Inland Riverine Forests River Red Gum Warrego Gr Forested Wetlands Inland Riverine Forests River Red Gum Warrego Gr Forested Wetlands Inland Riverine Forests River Red Gum wallaby gras Forested Wetlands Inland Riverine Forests River Red Gum Black Box w Forested Wetlands Inland Riverine Forests River Red Gum Lignum very Semi arid Woodlands Grassy subfor Inland Floodplain Woodlands Black Box Lignum woodland Semi arid Woodlands Grassy subfor Inland Floodplain Woodlands Black Box open woodland wet Semi arid Woodlands Grassy subfor Inland Floodplain Woodlands Black Box grassy open woodl Freshwater Wetlands Inland Floodplain Shrublands Lignum shrubland wetland of t Saline Wetlands Inland Saline Lakes Slender Glasswort low shrubl BERE Semi arid Woodlands Shrubby subf Riverine Sandhill Woodlands Cypress Pine woodland of so 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 The results area presents the matching list within a hierarchy of Vegetation Formation Vegetation Class and Plant Community Type To group the results alphabetically by one of th
26. ertsons Peppermint montane fern grass tall open fo Bogong Gum Ribbon Gum shrubby open forest on the south west escarpment of Kosciu DN Gully Gum Woila Gum shrubby woodland on rocky hills of the escarpment ranges Sout ae NS gt v Mountain Grey Gum Narrow leaved Peppermint grassy woodland on shales of the Sout N 3 SC Mountain Gum Manna Gum open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion Peppermint Mountain Gum Brown Barrel moist open forest of the South Eastern Highla Ribbon Gum Broad leaved Peppermint grassy open forest in the Cooma area South Ea Snow Gum Mountain Gum tussock grass herb forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bic White Stringybark Grey Gum grassy forest on shale caps of the V oronora Plateau Sydi Overview of Southem Tableland Wet Scderophyll Forests Southern T ableland Wet Sclerophyll Forest in N amadgi Natonal Park Structure Open eucalypl forest 20 35 m tall with variable density of shrubs and a diverse relatively continuous herbaceous grassy groundcover The shrubs include a mixture of sclerophyllous and mesophyilous species Trees Eucalyptus bicostata eurabbie E bridgesiana apple box E dalrympleana subsp dalrympleana mountain gum E dives broad leaved peppermint E radiata narraw leaved peppermint E robertsoni subsp robertsonii E viminalis ribbon gum Shrubs Acacia dealbala silver walle A melanoxylon blackwood Bursaria spinosa w OK ap
27. ese simply drag the column name into the area above i e marked Drag a column here to group by this column The figure below illustrates this by grouping by Class To display the Plant Community Types within each group click on the arrow to the left to open that group as shown below Inland Saline Lakes has been opened PCT Identification Tool User Manual 36 x Formation Class vegetation Type Mo Class Inland Alverine Forests 16 Class Inland Floodplain Woodlands 8 Class Inland Floodplain Shrublands 10 Class Inland Saline Lakes 2 Saline Wetlands Inland Saline Lakes Slender Glasewort low shrubland in saline wetland depressions in the semi arid 1 Saline Wetlands Inland Saline Lakes Gypseous shrubland on rises in the semi arid and arid plains 1 Class Hiverine Sandhill Woodlands 11 Class Riverine Plain Woodlands 2 Class Brigalow Clay Flainn woodlands 5 To remove the grouping simply click the x on the column name in the sort area as shown below The list will revert to the non sorted list Formation Class Class Inland Alrverine Forests 15 Class Inland Floodplain Woodlands 8 Class Inland Floodplain 5Shrublands 10 Class Inland Saline Lakes 2 Saline wetlands Inland Saline Lakes Saline Wetlands Inland Saline Lakes Each of the search criteria you have used will be listed in separate columns with O or 1 in the row for each plant community t
28. h to identify and present summary information for individual plant community types Please note that summary information for the relevant Vegetation Class and Formation can also be viewed as a result of your search 5 2 1 Vegetation Formation and Class Selection of Vegetation Formation is via clicking the Vegetation Formation Keith 2004 menu option as shown below 8 Plant Community Identification Tool Dichotomous Formation Key Vegetation Formation Kep Search Cntena eee Vegetation Class Feith 200 4 eux Catchment Management Authority CMA a Community Species Upper Stratum cere Community Species Middle Stratum Community Species Ground Stratum wee Community Structure nm Community Height Cower Metrics eee Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins ae Community Cover Classes d Community Growth Farms walker and Hopkins This will open the list of Formations Simply click once to highlight the relevant Formation as shown below then click OK PCT Identification Tool User Manual 14 Vegetation Formation Keth 2004 FEE S le mu pesas Alpine Complex p And Shrublands amp amp acia sub Farmatian ve And Shrublands Chenopod sub farmatian oe Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrub grass sub Formatian eee Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby sub Farmation e Forested wetlands I Freshwater wetlands sense Grasslands see Grassy Wood
29. header to bring up the options menu then click the Filter option To create a custom filter click the Custom Filter button as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 41 This will bring up the screen shown below Select the appropriate filter operator by clicking on it as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 42 A field to enter the value you want the operator to apply to will appear as shown below Fill in the desired value and click OK or Cancel as required T a Filter Criteria Definition 53 Filter by No of matches Show rows where Less Than or Equal Value 0 And OOr Select You can apply two filter conditions and have these combine to produce matches against either criteria Or or to intersect and produce only matches for both criteria And To clear the current filter select the Clear Filter option from the column filter list as shown below LinnerSnn As Sort Smallest to Largest Z4 Sort Largest to Smallest l AX pan Yx Filter Group by this column 1 Please note that you can also apply filters simultaneously between different columns PCT Identification Tool User Manual 43 7 View Summaries At any time once you have results listed in the results area you can view summary information for the listed plant community types and for their relevant Vegetation Classes and Formations Click the Show Summaries button as shown below
30. hlight the relevant Vegetation Class then click OK Vegetation Class Keith 2004 Grouped By Vegetation Formation x 3 Alpine Complex 2 8 Alpine Bogs and Fens Grasslands D Grassy Woodlands 3 Heathlands 3 Rainforests 3 Saline Wetlands 9 Semi arid Woodlands Grassy sub formatian D Semi arid Woodlands Shrubby sub formatian DM wet Sclerophyll Forests Grassy sub formatian 3 D wer Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby sub formation The selected information will be entered into the Search Criteria screen on the top right as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 16 Selected Search Crtena SJ Criteria Operator Value Change Remove cae kein cin 20n Aine Hts change J Remove To change or remove the selected criteria click the Remove or Change button on the right of the relevant criteria 5 2 2 Catchment Management Authority To select a Catchment Management Authority click Catchment Management Authority CMA to bring up the list of CMAs then click once to highlight the relevant CMA and click OK to enter the selected CMA into the Search Criteria as shown in the sequence of three figures below search Cntena ae Vegetation Formation Keith 200 4 rein Vegetation Class Feith 2004 reer Community Species Upper Stratum d Community Species Middle Stratum Community Species Ground Stratum I Community Structure eee Community Height Cower Metrics
31. hown below Wet Sclerophyll forests Ch 2 The wet sclerophyll forests can be further divided inta two subformations shrubby which have understones dominated by softleaved shrubs but only sparse grass cover and grassy whcih have understones dominated by a more continuous cover af grasses and herbs but only sparse shrub cover wet Sclerophyll Forests Grassy sub formation o 8i Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests coe 8 Northen Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests c 8 Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests 8B Southem Lowland Wet Sclerophyll forests on 8 Southem Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests NT Wet Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby sub formation L Forests or woodlands dominated by short to moderately tall trees rarely gt 35 m usually branching at less than half of their height The understorey generally lacks ferns and shrubs with broad soft leaves but may include abundant grasses hard leaved shrubs or ephemeral herbs Widespread east and west of the Great Divide Select the desired Class by clicking once on the name to highlight then click OK as shown below Dichotomous Formation Key 52 A Vegetation dominated by trees single stemmed woody plants or multi stemmed mallee eucalypts that are generally more than 5 m tall when mature H B Forests or woodlands dominated by eucalypts d ea C Tall forests typically gt 30 m dominated by tall straight trunked eucalypts usually
32. ia box at the top right as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 25 Selected Search Criteria Southem Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests Southem Rivers SR Eucalyptus camaldulensis Open Forest Click on Community Cover to open the relevant dialogue box as shown below y Cover ST DT pb EOS rie ra Please input the community cover estimate as a percentage Operator Select Operator Cover Type 1N Crown or Canopy Cover X Mean Cover Value Empty Select the appropriate operator for the mean cover value you are interested in The operators provided are shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 26 Please input the community cover estimate as a percentage Operator Select Operate Cover Type Mean Cover Value To search within a range you will need to define each end of the range separately as a single entry for a range is not supported Simply create one criterion based on one end of the range add it to the Search Criteria list then create another criterion to define the other end of the range and add that to the list Next select the Cover Type you want to use as shown below Please input the community cover estimate as a percentage Operator gt M Cover Type IN Crown or Canopy Cover le ale E Mean Cover Value Crown or Canopy Cover 2N Foliage Cover 2C Foliage Cover ua 4 Percentage Cover JC
33. ion Tool User Manual 20 Add common name to species search Type in a species name Eucalyptus cameronii Diehard iets Eucalyptus cameronii x mckiei Eucalyptus camfieldii Heart leaved Stringybark Add common name to species search Type in a species name Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum The selected name will appear in the Search Criteria box at the top right 5 2 4 Community Structure To search by Community Structure e g Woodland Open Woodland click the Community otructure option from the criteria list as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 21 Search Criteria p Vegetation Formation Keith 2004 j os Vegetation Class Keith 2004 L Catchment Management Authority CMA uem Community Species Upper Stratum i Community Species Middle Stratum T Community Species Ground Stratum t1 L POC eeeeeee EI H Community Height Cover Metrics i ae Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins Community Cover Classes I Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins This will open the list of available Community Structure terms as shown below Community Structure m Woodland Mallee Woodland Shrubland u Mallee Shrubland Heathland Chenopod Shrubland B Hummock Grassland I Sod Grassland Grassland Sedgeland
34. ith Genus name beginning with euc To use the species suffix to search on rather than select from a list based on genus you can either type the full genus name and at least three letters of the species name as shown immediately below or type three or more letters of the genus name then then three or more letters of the species name e g euc cam as shown in the subsequent figure below Add common name to species search Type in a species name eucalyptus cari Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp camaldulensis Eucalyptus cameron Diehard Stringybark Eucalyptus cameranii x mckiei Eucalyptus camfieldii Heart leaved Stringybark Eucalyptus cambieldi capitellata Add common name to species search Type in a species name euc cam Eucalyptus andrewsii subsp campanulata New England Blackbul Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp camaldulensis River Red Guns Eucalyptus cameronii Diehard Stringybark Eucalyptus cameronii x mckiei Eucalyptus camfieldii Heart leaved Stringybark Please note there are no spaces for the option i e euc cam will not retrieve search results When the relevant species name appears simply click once to select the name then click OK to make it a search criterion as shown in the two figures below PCT Identificat
35. lands I Heathlands t Rainforests e Saline Wetlands vemm Semi and Woodlands Grassy sub farmatian n Semi arid Woodlands Shrubby sub formation wee Wet Sclerophyll Forests Grassy sub Formatian Wet Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby sub Formatian To select a Vegetation Class click the Vegetation Class Keith 2004 menu option as shown below 5 Plant Communsty identification Tool i Dichotomous Formation Key M Vegetation Formation Key Search Criteria Community Species Middle Stratum Ee Community Species Ground Stratum Lu Community Structure 3 Community Height Cover Metrics L Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins 1 Community Cover Classes D Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins PCT Identification Tool User Manual 15 The Vegetation Classes will be grouped within their relevant Formations Simply click on the sign next to the appropriate Formation to open the list of relevant Classes as shown below Vegetation Clase Keth 2004 Grouped By Vegetation Formation Ro cree 8 Alpine Bogs and Fens med Alpine Fjaeldmarks wem 8 Alpine Heaths 8 Alpine Herbfields Ai Arid Shrublands Acacia sub formation AQ Ard Shrublands Chenopod sub formation A Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrub grass sub formation AD Dm Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby sub formatian A Forested Wetlands seen oh eee ed Click once to hig
36. lection for 1 was filtered out from the No of matches column PCT Identification Tool User Manual 40 1 DrySclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 2 DrSclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 3 DrSclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 4 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 5 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 6 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 8 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 9 DrySclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 10 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 11 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su 12 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby su South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests Mountain Grey Gum Whit Red Bloodwood Hard lea Silvertop Ash Black She Silvertop Ash Blue leave Silvertop Ash Blue leave Silvertop Ash Blue leave Silvertop Ash Blue leave Yellow Stringybark Silver Yertchuk Silvertop Ash Blue leaved Stringybark s Jilliga Ash dry shrubby ope Red Bloodwood Silvertop Drag acolumn here Formation Class Vegetation Type Noofmatches Red
37. o highlight the desired growth form then click OK to add the growth form to the Search Criteria as shown in the sequence below Community Growth Forms Walker amp Hopkins Trees group Trees vines palms RM treefern P a vine twiner L palm P D tree T Shrubs group Shrubs heath shrubs chenopod shrubs mallee tree YR Grasses group Tussock and hummock grasses forbs rushes Low grasses group Sod grasses mosses lichens liverworts Unknown group Unknown growth forms PCT Identification Tool User Manual 33 Community Growth Forms Walker amp Hopkins 2S Trees group Trees vines palms treefern P Ls vine twiner L palm P m Shrubs group Shrubs heath shrubs chenopod shrubs mallee tree Grasses group Tussock and hummock grasses forbs rushes Low grasses group Sod grasses mosses lichens liverworts m Unknown group Unknown growth forms The selected term will appear in the Search Criteria box at the top right as shown below Selected Search Crtena Im Criteria Operator Value Change Hemove aowron ree r trees J Reno Click on Growth Forms by Stratum Walker amp Hopkins The Stratum selection screen will appear as shown below Red Community Growth Farms by Stratum walker amp Hopkins the Upper Stratum fiom Middle Stratum E Ground Stratum Open the sub lists by clicking the sign until you reach
38. oftware for Windows 2000 or XP For Windows Vista and Windows 7 you must right click the setup exe and use Hun As Administrator The installation will only take a few minutes and is a standard Windows application installation The installation will check for required windows components and you will be prompted to install them if needed Full installation instructions are provided in the PCT Identification Tool Download and Installation Instructions 5 Searching For Plant Community Types Double click on the PCT Id Tool icon to open the application The main page will appear as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 4 a a 3 VIS Plant Community Identification Tool Data sourced 26 06 2012 ca s x Communities Help Z x Y i fs i qu C If you want to access or download the PCT Id Tool Manual prior to opening the application click the Help link at the top then Information in the drop down menu as shown below a YIS Plant Community Identification Tool Data sourced 06 06 2012 Communities Help Alt A a ity E i L p oo P r 1 a P A A i 5 Uu PULS i a ra BE n TF Dam k D D de a CENE E L z n t Mies ae F a P 1 s ae Ld i i TL A ar dn or ana wq 2 ud s D int i Li a kee X J i tk p a 1 rs ei E dic E 3 x p This will open the option screen shown below Click
39. on Peppermint Mountain Gum Brown Barrel moist open forest of the South Eastern Hi Ribbon Gum Broad leaved Peppermint grassy open forest in the Cooma area South Snow Gum Mountain Gum tussock grass herb forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bic White Stringybark Grey Gum grassy forest on shale caps of the Woronora Plateau 1D 295 Hobertzon z Peppermint E ucalyptus robertzonii Ribbon Gum Eucayptuz venia Deed ped tae we came uocis decerpere 3 sheltered slopes Bogandyera Nature Reserve AGD66 35 54 728S 14753 L 4 5 2006 J asm Plaza A PlantCommunity Type ID 295 Biometric Vegetation 7 Type ID List 14R617 MUS590 Common Community Robertsons Peppermint Broad leaved Peppermint Name Nortons Box stringybark shrub fern open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion Scientific Community Eucalyptus robertsonii subsp robertsonii Name Eucalyptus nortonii Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Acacia dealbata Hibbertia obtusifolia Platylobium formosum subsp formosum Cassinia aculeata Pteridium esculentum Poa sieberiana Microlaena stipoides var stipoides Stellaria pungens Eucalyptus robertsonii subsp robertsonii Eucalyptus dives Broad leaved Peppermint if PCT Identification Tool User Manual 45 4 Summary View Wet Sclerophyll Forests Grassy subformation L Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests Ribbon Gum Narrow leaved Rob
40. on Information System s ondine VIS You can open the PCT Id Tool interface by scrolling over the middle of the main page and clicking in the highlighted area as shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 7 3 VIS Plant Community Identification Tool Data sourced 26 06 2012 23 Communities Help Alternatively you can open the interface by scrolling over the Communities at the top and click to select the Plant Community Type Identification Tool option as shown below 3 VIS Plant Community Identification Tool Data sourced 18 04 2012 Once you have opened the Tool interface the page shown below will appear PCT Identification Tool User Manual 8 Drag a column here lo group by this column 5 1 Dichotomous Formation Key The Dichotomous Formation Key is an optional way to select Vegetation Formations and Classes Keith 2004 Both Formation and Class may also be selected directly via the Search Criteria see Section 4 2 1 Vegetation Formation and Class The Dichotomous Key provides a way to determine the Formation and or Class depending on diagnostic information The key is a series of questions each with two alternative answers e g A and A To use the key read both alternative answers choose the most correct one and go to the next question immediately below the correct answer until you reach a formation name in italics Note that for some formations
41. ority CMA L Community Species Upper Stratum A Community Species Middle Stratum i Community Species Ground Stratum Community Structure ns Community Height Cover Metrics Community Height LL Community Cover Community Height Classes Walker and Hopkins bM Community Cover Classes Click on Community Height to open the relevant dialogue box as shown below Please input a community height in metres Operator Select Operator Mean Height Value mpty Select the appropriate operator for the mean height you are interested in The operators provided are shown below PCT Identification Tool User Manual 24 Please input a community height in metres Operator Select Operator N w Mean Height Value FN Il w rete es To search within a range you will need to define each end of the range separately as a single entry for a range is not supported Simply create one criterion based on one end of the range add it to the Search Criteria list then create another criterion to define the other end of the range and add that to the list Enter the actual figure integer to represent the mean height in metres then click OK as shown below example below defines mean height equal to or greater than 5 metres Community Height m Please input a community height in metres Operator gt Mean Height Value 5 money The selected term will appear in the Search Criter
42. over 20 50 1 Foliage cover less than 105 Crown cover 0 25 20 Percent cover 0 25 20 r Foliage cover 0 scattered Crown cover 0 0 25 Percent cover 0 0 25 bi B Foliage cover 707 clumped Crown cover 0 0 25 Percent cover 0 0 257 bc L unknown unknown The selected term will appear in the Search Criteria box at the top right as shown below Selected Search Criteria Criteria Operator Value prc Foliage cover 3p FOS Crown cover 50 604 Percent cover 50 80 ic Change PCT Identification Tool User Manual 32 5 2 8 Community Growth Forms You can search for plant community types by specifying the growth forms within the community overall or within specific strata Click on the sign next to the Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins option in the Search Criteria list to open the two available paths as shown below Search Critena Community Species Upper Stratum L Community Species Middle Stratum b Community Species Ground Stratum k Community Structure Community Height Cover Metrics L Community Height L Community Cover Community Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins Growth Forms Walker amp Hopkins Growth Forms by Stratum Walker amp Hopkins Click on Growth Forms Walker and Hopkins to bring up the list of growth forms Open the subsections of growth forms by clicking the sign next to the appropriate term then click once t
43. tion fles Vegetation Type No of matches UpperSpp KC UpperSpp1_ 1 Noof matches 3 9 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Mountain Grey G 3 1 1 1 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Red Bloodwood 3 1 z Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Silvertop Ash Bl 3 1 1 1 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout SilvertopAsh Bl 3 1 1 1 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Silvertop Ash BL 3 1 1 1 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Silvertop Ash BL 3 1 1 1 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Silvertop Ash BL 3 1 1 1 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Yellow Stringybar 3 1 1 1 Dry Sclerophyll Forests Shrubby subformation Sout Yertchuk Silvert 3 1 T 73 Noofmatches 2 15 t gt Noofmatches 1 27 You can expand the groups by clicking on the arrows on the right of the group name and you can adjust the width of the columns by moving the cursor over the split between any two columns when the cursor changes to the column width adjust icon as shown above click and hold to drag the width of that column to their desired width 6 2 Filter Results You can apply a filter to limit the number of results shown based on the column results Right click on the relevant column heading the option menu will appear as shown below Sort Smallest to Largest 44 Sort Largest to Sm
44. www environment nsw gov au OEH 2012 0546 June 2012 Table of Contents ALY WV UN NEN E UT 4 2 PUTDOSO 3d ish a oe bvi a erclul vess uin roi hoo Se bw visa a 4 carere EN 4 AISA ge MEER m UU UU nhaedioa escent NE 4 5 Searching For Plant Community Types eeesssessssseeeneeeenn ener 4 oT Dichotomous Formation Key e acere since o open ductum m dei rebus gee E eot uidet iu ood ciment a decas 9 5 2 SedI C EAE E E ET E A E E E EEE E AT E TE 14 5 21 Vegetation Formation And GIaSS seess odo io ea dab utis 14 5 2 2 Catchment Management Authority ccccccccssececeeeeceeeeseeeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeeas 17 5 2 3 Community Species All strata or Upper Middle or Ground Stratum 18 524 COMMUNITY STUCCIU cate ct dca rarmesoe cd ncs tret hurt uns dais aeu oe ns iteu kappa tr dent cus 21 5 2 5 Community Height Mean Cover Mean Metrics esssse 23 9205 COMMUNITY HION CAS SCS ui dina Et rao rette dures titilen aem tat 28 5 2 7 Community Cover ClaSS S cccccscccccsecccceeceeceeececeeececseeeeceeeeessugeeeseeeesanes 31 5 2 0 Community Growth FOMMNS 32 ies acibes Verte ebbe emit r Dies bnadisuentils 33 SOW TOSS dat etes DON C IRE OCA A TD MN MOS DEL Grande Mata aided or LE 35 SH Ese quiae RESU a A 37 G2 Fier TRC SUING stare ya dead denm de canc desta oto utut ato sauce cen MOI cn PO eo AUN opea ctore 39 7Z MIBW SUITES usse editam atta me T t icta dec nen eam i ce cai anres 44 S burteer nore o
45. ype listed to indicate if the PCT is matched 1 or not 0 on that criteria There is an additional column labelled No of matches that shows the total number of criteria matched 6 1 Sorting Results You can sort the results list in ascending or descending order for any column by clicking on the relevant column header as shown in the sequence below No of matches is used as the example PCT Identification Tool User Manual 37 E Drag a column here to group by this phy Messmate Mountain Grey Gum moist open forest of granitic footh 5 Kybean Mallee Ash Snow Gum heathy low open forest on the W Kunzea ambigua Correa reflexa shrubland on skeletal granitic su 1 For Narrow leaved Peppermint Silvertop Ash Monkey Gum shrubby 1 sts Mountain Blue Gum Turpentine moist shrubby open forest of the 0 Click on the column header again to reverse the sort order You can also sort by columns or group by columns using the pop up options screen Right click on the column heading you want to sort on or group by and the options menu will appear as shown below of matches ee Sort Smallest to Largest A SortLargest to Smallest 3 Ax Remove Sort i Yx Filter 1 Clear Filter 1 Group by this column 1 3 PCT Identification Tool User Manual 38 Select the option you want by clicking on it The results of group by this column using the example No of matches column is shown below Forma
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