Vegetation monitoring

The average proportion of aerial vegetation cover is measured to provide a physiognomic description of the vegetation communities. All species are identified and classified as “Indigenous” or “Exotic”. See the methods page for details vegetation monitoring. Two key summaries of vegetation composition are presented below:

Indigenous species dominance: percent of total species recorded that are indigenous.
Indigenous cover dominance: percent of total vegetated area covered by indigenous species.

Change from years 1-5 to 6-10: When “Years 6-10” is selected, arrows denote change in indigenous dominance from the previous survey:

Right arrow (→): no change
Angled arrow (↘, ↗): increase or decrease of +/-10% dominance respectively.

Use the top right toggles to switch between “Indigenous dominance” summaries, “Survey cycle”, and duneland management “Programme”. Click on table headers to sort the data by that column – holding the shift key allows sorting over multiple columns. Sites are ordered geographically anti-clockwise around the region.