Table 3 Sources for state vascular flora censuses, latest version available for each of them, or whether continuously updated, accessed date, and conversion procedure followed in order to standardise the introduction and naturalisation statuses for all states to make them comparable (Continuation of Tables 1 and 2).
From: The Alien Flora of Australia (AFA), a unified Australian national dataset on plant invasion
State | State code | Comments on the information within each census | Version | Conversion for introduction status standardisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Codes for presence | Codes for Darwin Core establishment means (or equivalent) | Codes for Darwin Core degree of establishment (or equivalent) | ||||
Victoria | VIC | VicFlora is a comprehensive list of vascular plants of Victoria that is continuously updated; it provides information on origin and introduction status of native and introduced flora based on the Darwin Core terminology | May 2023 | -Codes for occurrenceStatus: excluded = [record deleted] extinct = presumed extinct (if establishment_means is native or uncertain) extinct = formerly introduced (if establishment_means is introduced) | -Codes for establishment_means: native = native introduced = introduced uncertain = uncertain origin -For native species, codes for has_introduced_occurrences: 1 = native colonising | -Codes for degree_of_establishment Casual = introduced Established = naturalised Reproducing = naturalised [blank] = uncertain origin (if establishment means is uncertain) [blank] = introduced (if establishment means is introduced) |
Citation: VicFlora (2023). Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Available online: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/download?q=*:*, accessed February 2023. | ||||||
Western Australia | WA | FloraBase includes information for native (flagged with N), naturalised (flagged with A) and native colonising (flagged with M) vascular plants in WA | 2022 | -Codes for IS_CURRENT: N = presumed extinct if it is native or native weed, and formerly introduced if it was introduced (however, the version provided by the WA Herbarium only included present species) | -Codes for NATURALISED_STATUS: N = native M = native colonising | -Codes for NATURALISED_STATUS: A = naturalised |
Citation: Florabase was obtained from the Western Australian Herbarium. It cannot be directly downloaded from electronic sources. It can be accessed on: https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Census obtained in October 2022. | ||||||
