Location Metadata System - Location SA

Dataset Number	1080
Dataset Title	Locations of Phytophthora Infestations
Custodian	Data Authority: Department for Environment and Water Data Provider: Department for Environment and Water

Description

This dataset contains the spatial locations of the opportunistically collected Phytophthora sp. infestation information contained in the DEW's Biological Database of South Australia (BDBSA). The observations examine the presence (suspected by physical observation and/or confirmed by soil testing) of Phytophthora cinnamomi in native vegetation across South Australia - focusing on higher rainfall areas especially Mount Lofty Block, Kangaroo Island and southern Eyre Peninsula. The information has been collected by staff from DEW and other government and local government organisations. Data is presence only.

Usage

The data can be used to assist in the management and control of the spread of Phytophthora sp. in South Australia.

Data Quality

Lineage	Locational information is collected in a number of formats. This includes map coordinates, gps coordinates and general coordinates determined after field work has been completed. The data is verified by the Ecologist - Biosecurity and then entered into BDBSA. A table containing the required fields is then derived from BDBSA on a weekly basis, a spatial layer is generated and then re-loaded into Spatial data library. Verification of the presence of phytophthora is based on a laboratory testing of a soil sample or on the presence of symptoms of phytophthora on plant species that are known to be susceptible. For most sites, all or some of the following details are noted: Species affected, topography, soil, size of area or number of species affected. Data collected opportunistically ie when someone is suspecting the presence of Phytophthora through symptoms in plants known to be susceptible to the disease. Data is collected all year round. Field work is always conducted by at least one competent person.
Completeness	Every effort has been made to present the locations of Phytophthora infestation as accurate as possible especially when GPS coordinates have been provided. Data set is incomplete and Phytophthora infestations may be present elsewhere. The Ecologist - Biosecurity and designated regional DEH staff regularly collect field information, and the database is then updated by the Ecologist - Biosecurity.
Positional Accuracy	Points are considered reasonably accurate especially when GPS coordinates have been provided. Positional accuracy is related to a location method (Reliability 1=0-50m;2=>50-100m; 3=>100-250m)

Geographic Extent

Extent Name	Agricultural Region - South Australia
Min Easting or Longitude	132.25
Min Northing or Latitude	-38
Max Easting or Longitude	141
Max Northing or Latitude	-32.25

Dataset Status

Initially Acquired	30-NOV-2006
Last Updated	CURRENT
Update Frequency	Weekly
Maintenance Method	SDE layer generated weekly from tables derived from BBDSA.

AusGOAL	CC BY (Attribution)

Attributes

Table	Name	Data Type	Description
Flora.Phytophthora	PARK_ID	Character	Unique identifier for reserves created in the Protected Area Information System (PAIS)
Flora.Phytophthora	BIOREGION	Character	IBRA or IMCRA Region code derived from a spatial overlay between the regions and the species observations. Where there is overlap of the regions for Offshore Islands IBRA took precedence.
Flora.Phytophthora	BIOREGIONNAME	Character	IBRA or IMCRA Region name derived from a spatial overlay between the regions and the species observations. Where there is overlap of the regions for Offshore Islands IBRA took precedence.
Flora.Phytophthora	FLORACODE	Character	Generated from a combination of the first 2 letters of the database (eg SU = Survey), the first letter of the taxon group (eg P = Plant) and the unique identifier from that database (eg Opportune uses SIGHTINGNR, Survey uses VISITNR and SPSEQNR, Plant Population uses POPULATIONNR and VISITNR and Reserves uses PLANTSPNR). For example, SUP10814-55, or OPP226709.
Flora.Phytophthora	NSXCODE	Character	Unique code for each taxonomic entity (species name) in the database used to allow record taxonomy to be updated as changes occur.
Flora.Phytophthora	LATITUDE	Integer	The latitude coordinate of the sighting in GDA94 and decimal degrees.
Flora.Phytophthora	LONGITUDE	Integer	The longitude coordinate of the sighting in GDA94 and decimal degrees.
Flora.Phytophthora	MGAZONE	Integer	The Map Grid of Australia 1994 Zone that the Eastings and Northings relate to, eg Zone 52, 53 or 54.
Flora.Phytophthora	EASTING	Integer	The easting (x) coordinate of the sighting in Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinate system.
Flora.Phytophthora	NORTHING	Integer	The northing (y) coordinate of the sighting in Map Grid of Australia 1994 coordinate system.
Flora.Phytophthora	SIGHTINGDATE	Date	The date the sighting occurred. Always check the DATEACCURACY where SIGHTINGDATE is the 1st of a month or year.
Flora.Phytophthora	DATEACCURACY	Character	Accuracy of the sighting date. If SIGHTING DATE is the 1st of a month or year it may be that the record was observed on that day (D), sometime that month (M), sometime that year (Y), sometime that decade (T) or sometime that century (C).
Flora.Phytophthora	SIGHTINGNR	Integer	Only populated for Opportune records, (where SOURCE = OP). It is a unique identifier generated in the database for each unique species record
Flora.Phytophthora	RELIABNR	Number	Estimation of positional accuracy of the coordinates (In Reserves this field is generated by spatially determining the maximum distance from the centroid to the boundary of the reserve). The description of these codes is available in RELIABDESC.
Flora.Phytophthora	RELIABDESC	Character	Description of RELIABNR, and relates to the positional reliability of the coordinates, (eg 0-5m, 1-10km, etc).
Flora.Phytophthora	SPRELIABCODE	Character	The reliability that the species was correctly identified. A filter has been applied to the dataset so that only records with "Y" Or "A" Or "P" and 1-4 are included. Plant Population codes are 1=Voucher in a state herbarium: ID by herbarium staff or taxonomist, 2=ID by herbarium staff or taxonomist, 3=ID by experienced field botanist, 4=Unconfirmed field sighting, and 5=Correct ID doubtful.
Flora.Phytophthora	OBSERVER	Character	The person(s) who observed the species.
Flora.Phytophthora	ISCURRENT	Character	Currency of the species name. Indicates whether any taxonomic changes have occurred since the observation. Y = taxonomy still current. N = taxonomy has been updated and the record taxonomy needs to be resolved.
Flora.Phytophthora	ISINDIGENOUS	Character	Identification of species as introduced/native: introduced = *, native = blank.
Flora.Phytophthora	SPECIES	Character	Taxonomic name for species observed (combined GENUSNAME and SPECIESNAME). Eg. "Phytothora cinnamomi". Taxonomic names that no longer are current (ISCURRENT=N) have (NC) appended after the species name
Flora.Phytophthora	GENUSNAME	Character	Taxonomic genus of species observed. Eg "Phytopthora".
Flora.Phytophthora	SPECIESNAME	Character	Taxonomic species name (doesn't include genus) of species observed. Eg "cinnamomi".
Flora.Phytophthora	SIGHTINGCOM	Character	Describes the status of the Phythopthora record i.e. tested and confirmed, tested and not confirmed, or not tested and not confirmed
Flora.Phytophthora	SURVEYNR	Integer	Survey number given to records collected ina particular way or purpose, generally within the survey databae but data could be stored in other databases.
Flora.Phytophthora	LOCATIONCOMM	Character	Location Description.
Flora.Phytophthora	HABITATCOM	Character	Describes habitat community information
Flora.Phytophthora	GENLOC	Character	Generated location information using SA gazetteer and nearest location analysis.
Flora.Phytophthora	RESERVENAME	Character	Reserve name concatenated with Block Name
Flora.Phytophthora	NRMDISTRICT	Character	NRM districts are a subdivision of NRM regions and are derived via spatial overlay of the species observations with the NRM Regions spatial dataset.
Flora.Phytophthora	NRMREGION	Character	NRM regions derived via spatial overlay of the species observations with the NRM Regions spatial dataset.
Flora.Phytophthora	ISDENATURED	Character	This flags to users species that have been classified as environmentally sensitive and their distribution to the public should be limited to 0.1 decimal degree. When DEWNR delivers data to the public these records will be denatured to 0.1 decimal degree. Definition of content is 'Environmentally Sensitive - One decimal degree' or 'N'.
Flora.Phytophthora	SOURCE	Character	Source of database record derived eg. from Opportune (OP), Reserves (RE), Survey (SU), State Herbarium (AD), Plant Population (PP), Roadside (RV) data bases.
Flora.Phytophthora	PATCHID	Integer	Populated for records from the Survey and Opportune datasets. It is a Unique identifier for each site, where there may have been several species recorded.
Flora.Phytophthora	VISITNR	Integer	Identifies the unique visit identifier of the database for the visit, that is used in the FLORACODE.
Flora.Phytophthora	SPECIESTYPE	Character	Identifies the taxa group (e.g.P = Plants) of the observation, that is used in the FLORACODE.
Flora.Phytophthora	HERBREGION	Character	Herbarium Region generated by a spatial overlaying of the species observations and Herbarium regions spatial dataset.
Flora.Phytophthora	BIOSUBREGION	Character	The IBRA subregion code or IMCRA code used as part of the Regional Species Conservation assessment project. This is based on IBRA subregions version 6.2 and IMCRA regions.
Flora.Phytophthora	BIOSUBREGIONNAME	Character	IBRA subregion or IMCRA region name used as part of the Regional Species Conservation assessment project. This is based on IBRA subregions version 6.2 and IMCRA regions.
Flora.Phytophthora	DISTRIBNCODE	Character	Identifies permissions for access based on surveys. DISTRIBUTNCODE = 1 = CODE 1:DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO DENR POLICY -need to confirmSELECT 1 FROM DUAL; DISTRIBUTNCODE = 2 = CODE 2:DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO DENR POLICYSELECT 1 FROM DUAL; DISTRIBUTNCODE = 3 = CODE 3:DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO DENR POLICY -DENR only & approved clientsSELECT 1 FROM DUAL; DISTRIBUTNCODE = 4= CODE 4:DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO DENR POLICY -GOVTSELECT 1 FROM DUAL; DISTRIBUTNCODE = 5 = CODE 5:DISTRIBUTE ACCORDING TO DENR POLICY -see specific conditions and DISTRIBUTNCODE = TEMP = CODE TEMP:CONTACT OWNER TO CLARIFY.
Flora.Phytophthora	DISTRIBNDESC	Binary	The DISTRIBUTNDESC provides extra information to the DISTRIBNCODE, to clarify the code.
Flora.Phytophthora	RESERVETYPE	Character	Reserve type for Reserve (if the sighting was recorded within the boundaries of a Reserve). CP = Conservation Park, CR = Conservation Reserve, GR = Game Reserve, HA = Heritage Agreement, LF = Locality Forest, LG = Local Government Reserve, LR, = Local Reserve, NF = Native Forest, NT = National Trust, NP = National Park, RP = Recreation Park, RR = Regional Reserve, WA = Wilderness Area. This is derived via a spatial overlay of the sighting with the appropriate spatial dataset. For qualification on roadside vegetation species locations refer to the details under PARK_ID.
Flora.Phytophthora	RESERVECODE	Long Integer	Reserve Code for Reserve is a number designated for each reserve (if the sighting was recorded within the boundaries of a Reserve). Reserve Code uniquely identifies the Reserve (e.g. 1012). This is derived via a spatial overlay of the sighting with the appropriate spatial dataset. For qualification on roadside vegetation species locations refer to the details under PARK_ID.
Flora.Phytophthora	SPSEQNR	Long Integer	Unique species number from the database that is used in the FLORACODE.
Flora.Phytophthora	POPULATIONNR	Long Integer	Only populated for Plant Population records, (where SOURCE = PP). It is a unique identifier for each plant population recorded.

Contact Information

Organisation	Department for Environment and Water Science Monitoring and Knowledge
Postal Address	GPO Box 1047 ADELAIDE 5001
Email	DEWNR.CustomerServiceCentre@sa.gov.au

Locations of Phytophthora Infestations