Meet the long-time locals of your site: the plants that grew there before colonisation. Then explore neighbouring ecologies for your planting project. Victoria and Greater Sydney.
Whose Country is this? Find the Traditional Owners for your site
Whose Country is this? Find the Local Aboriginal Land Council for your site
01Site
Pick a spot to meet the neighbours: search, tap the map, or drag the pin.
Enter coordinates
About this step
Search for the site, tap the map or drag the pin. The plant communities, or Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs), mapped around it before colonisation are found straight away. Tap the map anywhere to see which community was mapped there, and add it. The circle shows the search radius.
Search for the site, tap the map or drag the pin. The plant communities, or Plant Community Types (PCTs), mapped around it before clearing are found straight away. Tap the map anywhere to see which community was mapped there, and add it. The circle shows the search radius.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters across VictoriaNew South Wales, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
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02Plant communities near the site (EVCsPCTs)
These are the plant communities that once made up the neighbourhood. Choose the ones your site belongs to, and explore the neighbouring ecologies your project could draw on.
About this step
From DEECA's modelled map of Victoria's plant communities, called Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs), before colonisation, around 1750. Distances come from square search areas around the site, so they are approximate. The map is modelled: confirm the communities on site. Tick the communities to use, and the reference-list variant for each.
From the NSW State Vegetation Type Map (Pre-Clearing), DCCEEW, which maps New South Wales's plant communities, called Plant Community Types (PCTs), before clearing. The map is modelled at regional scale: confirm the communities on site. Status shows how much of each community has been cleared across NSW, and whether it is associated with a threatened ecological community. Reference lists are loaded for the communities of the Sydney Basin bioregion.
| Use | Plant community | Conservation statusStatus | Reference list |
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| Choose a site in step 01. | |||
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03Reference species lists (EVC benchmarksBioNet PCT species lists)
Who typically lives in each community, according to DEECA's benchmarksthe survey plots that define each NSW community.
About this step
Native species recorded in the survey plots that define each PCT (BioNet Vegetation Classification, DCCEEW), with growth form and the share of plots each was found in. A species in 90% of plots is a backbone of the community; one in 2% is occasional.
Benchmarks are matched to the bioregion of each EVC polygon: Victorian Volcanic Plain, Gippsland Plain, Highlands – Southern and Northern Fall, Central Victorian Uplands and Otway Plain so far, plus the statewide wetland benchmarks (September 2024). Lists marked extracted · check source were extracted automatically from the DEECA documents; confirm against the source before professional use. Lists you add are saved in this browser only.
Add or replace a benchmark list
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04Local sightings (Victorian Biodiversity AtlasBioNet Atlas)
Who's actually been seen around here: plant sightings from the Victorian Biodiversity AtlasNSW BioNet Atlas.
About this step
Victorian Biodiversity Atlas flora records (unrestricted) around the site. They support Category B and the locally indigenous column. Restricted taxa are not included in the public data.
BioNet Atlas plant sightings around the site (public data). They support Category B and the locally indigenous column. Records of sensitive species are withheld or generalised in the public data.
| Species | Origin | Records | On a reference list |
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05Palette
Your site's palette: its long-time locals, gathered into one list. Refine it into a palette for each planting zone.
- Tick species to build each zone's palette, or let the palette builder suggest a starting palette.
- Set the zone's area to work out quantities.
- Export your palette and planting schedule.
About this step
The site's palette is every species named in your selected reference lists, grouped from canopy to ground. Each species appears once, under its current botanical name, and shows how firmly it belongs to the plant communities (the share of lists, or of survey plots, that name it) and whether it has been sighted near the site. Natives sighted nearby that no list names can be added under Filter and sort.
Split the site into planting zones (a wet swale, a dry batter, shaded understorey). Each zone has its own conditions, plant communities, palette and quantities. Tap a species for its full details.
NSW reference lists include every native recorded in a community's survey plots, many of them only occasionally. 10% keeps the regular members.
| In palette | Species | Size (H × W) | Site fit | Reference lists | Local sightings | Qty | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select plant communities in step 02 to build the palette. | |||||||
Planting schedule
Plants per square metre for each layer in this zone. Layers stack: trees, shrubs and the ground layer are each spread across the whole zone area. Each layer's plants are shared equally between its palette species. The schedule lists every zone.
| Zone | Layer | Species | Common name | Size (H × W) | Spacing | Qty |
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06Check a palette
Already have a palette? See which of your plants are long-time locals of the site.
About this step
Each plant is checked against the reference lists of the selected plant communities and the local sightings around the site. Bring a planting schedule as an Excel or CSV file, or paste a list straight from a spreadsheet, a document or an email: quantities, pot sizes, codes and authorities are recognised and set aside. Common names, older botanical names and likely misspellings are matched to current names, and you confirm any that are uncertain. Cultivars (in quotes), hybrids (×) and genus-only entries are kept and flagged.
Files are read in your browser and aren't uploaded. The Excel export keeps the original evidence codes (A–D) alongside each verdict.
| Plant | Reference lists | Local sightings | Verdict | Size (H × W) | Fit (active zone) | Qty | Flags |
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