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Flora Survey Data from Biological Databases of South Australia

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network
Department for Environment and Water, South Australian Government
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Brief description

The Biological Databases of South Australia (BDBSA) is South Australia's flora and fauna database that stores and manages specimen and observation records. This record is the flora component that contains 1,050,631 plant measurements collected from 224,572 sites, across 5565 plant species since 1976. This dataset includes vegetation structural attributes, observations on individual plants such as stem diameter, crown extent and crown density, as well as occurrence data. The resulting database provides a comprehensive record of plant diversity across sites ground-truthed during a diverse range of biodiversity projects undertaken in South Australia and provides a basis for future updating of mapping or other relevant work such as species modelling.

Only validated BDBSA data is made publicly available and all records of confidential taxa have been masked from the dataset. Data is accessible from the TERN Data Infrastructure, which provides the ability to extract subsets of vegetation data across multiple data collections and bioregions for more than 31 variables including stem diameter, tree crown extent, and number of individual plants.

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Collected data includes: vegetation structural attributes, observations on individual plants such as stem diameter, crown extent and crown density, as well as occurrence data.

Data Creation

Please see the links for detailed descriptions for the BDBSA Methods:

Plot physical description
Study Location Establishment Method
Fire Evidence Assessment Method
Plant Opportunistic Observations Method
Plant Specimen Method
Structural Formation Assessment Method
Tree Condition Method
Vegetation Age Class Assessment Method
Vegetation Assemblage Assessment Method
Vegetation Canopy Cover Assessment Method
Vegetation Overstorey Measurement Method
Vegetation Species Assessment Method

 


Progress Code: onGoing
Maintenance and Update Frequency: annually

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We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Purpose
BDBSA aims to substantially improve knowledge and management of the biodiversity of South Australia, as well as track the direction of long-term ecological change by: determining the distribution of plant and terrestrial vertebrate species; systematically surveying the range of major habitats via quadrat-based sampling; collecting opportunistic data by active searching away from established quadrats; assessing vegetation and fauna condition; establishing baseline data for future monitoring; producing structural and floristic vegetation maps.

Created: 2011-08-23

Issued: 2024-07-15

Modified: 2024-07-15

Data time period: 1976-10-20

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1 meter - < 30 meters | Apiales Nakai | Asparagales Link | Aspleniaceae Newman | Asterales Link | BDBSA | Biological Sciences | BIOSPHERE | Biogeography and Phylogeography | Brassicales Bromhead | Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Centimetre | Conservation and Biodiversity | Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Dilleniaceae Salisb. | EARTH SCIENCE | Ecology | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | Evolutionary Biology | Environmental assessment and monitoring | Fabales Bromhead | Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Lamiales Bromhead | Laurales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Meter | Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Number | Oxalidales Bercht. & J.Presl | Percent | Poales Small | Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Rosales Perleb | Sapindales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | Saxifragales Bercht. & J.Presl | Solanales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl | TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS | Terrestrial Ecology | Unitless | VEGETATION | average canopy gap (Meter) | average canopy type (Percent) | average crown depth (Meter) | average crown diameter (Meter) | average crown separation ratio (Unitless) | average vegetative height (Meter) | bark damage (Unitless) | biota | crown cover (Unitless) | crown epicormic growth (Unitless) | crown leaf damage class (Unitless) | crown leaf die-off (Unitless) | crown mistletoe abundance (Unitless) | crown reproductive structures abundance (Unitless) | diameter at breast height (Centimetre) | environment | fire present (Unitless) | foliage projective cover (Meter) | growth form (Unitless) | irregular | last fire year (Unitless) | new branch growth (Unitless) | plant count (Number) | plant cover-abundance (Unitless) | plant presence (Unitless) | planted status (Unitless) | scientific name (Unitless) | stratum of dominant species (Unitless) | structural formation (Unitless) | tree crown density (Percent) | tree crown density score (Percent) | tree crown extent (Percent) | tree crown extent score (Unitless) | vegetation stratum category (Unitless) |

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