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NSW BioNet Flora Survey Plots – PCT Reference Sites

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 18/10/2025

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This is a dataset of the NSW BioNet Flora Survey Data Collection that is maintained via the Flora Survey Module of the NSW BioNet Atlas application. This collection is a central, authoritative database for systematic vegetation survey data in NSW. This dataset includes full floristic survey sites that have been allocated to PCTs through the quantitative classification method outlined in A revised classification of plant communities of eastern New South Wales (DPE 2022). https://environment.nsw.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications-search/a-revised-classification-of-plant-communities-of-eastern-new-south-wales. As such these sites are reference sites for quantitative PCTs. Access The full datasets (sites and species) may be accessed via the BioNetAtlas application http://www.BioNet.nsw.gov.au/. Site-level data (without species) is available in a machine readable form via the BioNet OData Web Service https://data.bionet.nsw.gov.au/. That OData data service is delivered to SEED where it is rendered as a map layer (i.e. Web Map Service). You may also query and extract simplified data from SEED Map View – this video explains How to access BioNet systematic flora survey plot data using the SEED portal. https://vimeo.com/455328331. Data in BioNet is made available in accordance with DPE's Sensitive Species Data Policy https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/wildlife-management/wildlife-policies-and-guidelines/sensitive-species-data. For species categorised as "sensitive", location information may be withheld depending on the species' status under the policy, and on the access rights of the user. Records in BioNet are not guaranteed to be free from error or omission.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title NSW BioNet Flora Survey Plots – PCT Reference Sites
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5403cb49-4ffd-4406-a1af-cc56f530edb6
Remote Last Updated 08/10/2025
Contact Point
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
?datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 06/01/1990
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        154.0,
        -38.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -28.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -28.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -38.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -38.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal DataNSW

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "NSW BioNet Flora Survey Plots – PCT Reference Sites". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-nsw-bionet-flora-survey-data-collection-pctreferencesites