The NSW Vegetation Information System (VIS) is being established
to provide the NSW Government, its clients and community with a
central authoritative repository for native vegetation data.
The NSW VIS Plant Community Type Classification (VIS
Classification Database) establishes a NSW Master Plant
Community Type as focal point for both vegetation type mapping
and regulatory assessment processes. The VIS Classification
database stores a broad range of data related to the individual Plant
Community Types (PCTs), including:
• the NSW Master Plant Community Type Classification,
including approximately 1,500 plant community types identified
across NSW
• scientific descriptions, and ecological and conservation
profiles, of each plant community type; and
• related regulatory data including: Over-cleared BioMetric
Vegetation Types, BioMetric Condition Benchmarks and Overcleared
BioMetric Landscapes.
The NSW VIS Classification Database does not store spatial
information or flora survey information for the plant community types.