Wild Plants and Animals - Distribution Maps


Web versions run with IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari	Distribution Maps	Desktop versions run on USB Flash Drives with Windows 7, Vista and XP

Map Themes There are five commonly used 1:1,000,000 map themes for display of distribution data for plant and animal species. The distribution grids are of dimensions *10 minutes latitude x 10 minute longitude* (about 1.5 km wide and 1.8 km deep). Any map can be printed or exported as a high-quality Windows Metafile (in the desktop versions) or a PDF document (in the web version). To plot one of these maps you simply enter the name of the plant or animal and click the plot button. The default map will always be the Data Categories but any of the others can be selected from the menu. All the distribution maps below are of *Acacia acinacea* - Gold-dust Wattle.

Select a Species You may select any species and review an image, a description or a low-resolution map. Then you may plot a more informative map.	Data Categories Each colour represents the most recent date (mostly expressed in periods of decades) in which the species was recorded from that grid.

Land Use Show all private land, public land, national parks, state parks, regional parks, wilderness areas and reference areas.	Rainfall Shows basic isohyets for annual precipitation (including snow).

Topography Shows simple topographic features across the state	Bioregions Shows major ecological regions of the state as determined by DSE scientific staff.