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assigned to them and the Biometric equivalent at the time of the Coffs Harbour LGA study is noted here.BioMetric: BioMetric is the biodiversity module in the Native Vegetation Assessment Tool (NVAT) package thatfacilitates preparation of Property Vegetation Plans (PVPs) under the NSW Native Vegetation Act 2003. It is alsoused to inform “maintain and improve” tests under the Biodiversity Banking and Offsets Scheme. An interpretationwas made of the equivalences of each Coffs Harbour Community to Biometric types published in the NativeVegetation Regulation for Biobanking and the Property Plan Developer (OEH 2012b).Other: An equivalency to other relevant vegetation classifications, previous surveys and regional studies. Themost important of these included: Coffs Harbour vegetation mapping (Fisher et al. 1996), Bongil Bongil NationalPark Vegetation Survey (Cameron et al. 2011), Coffs Urunga State Forest Flora Surveys (Tweedie et al. 1995), FloydRainforest suballiances (Floyd 1990), Forest Ecosytems (NPWS 1999) and the NRCMA vegetation map (Eco Logical2005).LocationsExamples of where the community occurs in the LGA are listed followed by a distribution map of the vegetationcommunity. The map illustrates the representation of the community across broad classes of public and freeholdland tenure and is indicated in black.Diagnostic SpeciesFidelity is the degree to which a species conforms or is faithful to a particular vegetation community (Goodall,1952) within a classification. Ideally, a characteristic species should accumulate in only one single vegetationunit (Barkman 1989). In this study, fidelity identifies the way in which a species is distributed across the sites in afloristic group compared to how it is distributed in the sites outside the group.Fidelity classification helps in identifying the taxa that make an important contribution or distinguishing featureto the species composition of the community being described, termed diagnostic species. Diagnostic species foreach community were calculated using fidelity software by Bedward (1999).For each vegetation profile the diagnostic species were described in a table by the following fields:• Mean Group Cover The mean group cover is the median cover score for the taxa in sites assigned to thiscommunity in the classification• Group Frequency The frequency of the taxa in sites assigned to this community in the classification• Non Group Cover The non group cover is the median cover score of this taxa across all communities in theanalysis• Non-group Frequency Records the frequency of the taxa outside this community in other communities inthe study• Fidelity class There are four fidelity classes, which are described below;- Positive Includes taxa that are unique to the community, or more frequent and abundant in thedescribed community than other communities.- Uninformative The group and no group frequency and mean cover of the taxa across the data setis not considered informative.- Constant Taxa that occur frequently in several communities including the described community- Negative The taxa is less frequent and abundant in this community than other communities.Page 4Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area
Example of diagnostic species listScientific NameMean GroupCoverGroupFrequencyNon-groupcoverNon-groupFrequencyFidelity ClassAcacia disparrima subsp. disparrima 1 14% 0 0% positiveAcacia longifolia 1 85% 1 5% uninformativeAcacia maidenii 1 29% 1 14% uninformativeAcacia melanoxylon 1 14% 2 19% uninformativeAcianthus exsertus 3 14% 0 0% positiveAcmena smithii 1 14% 1 27% uninformativeAcronychia imperforata 2 57% 1 3% positiveProfile StatisticsSummary statistics regarding the supporting information used to develop the vegetation profiles are listed inAppendix 1. Appendix 1 includes information for the number and type of vegetation surveys for each vegetationcommunity, reliability statistics for the mapping and attribution (aerial photography interpretation phase), anduser and producer accuracy from the map validation exercise (to be supplied).Other Mapping UnitsOther codes were used to describe exotic species, plantations and remnant vegetation and these are summarisedin Appendix 2. This information when combined with the map product is useful to evaluate occurence of exoticssuch as Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), or the distribution of eucalypt and exotic plantations. However,more information on the types of species occurring within plantations can be obtained from Forests NSW.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 5
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ReferencesBarkman, JJ 1989, ‘Fide
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ClassEasternRiverineForestsCoastal
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