The Tuart Atlas has been available as a hardcopy A3 book since December 2003. Because of the detail of the maps and the inherent size of the electronic version, the Tuart Atlas has been divided into smaller, more easily downloadable sections as detailed below. You may select any section or individual map for viewing onscreen and/or printing at A4 size.

The atlas provides an up-to-date and accurate assessment of tuart's extent, overstorey density and understorey condition. It estimates that of the pre-European areas of about 111,600 hectares³ the extent of tuart remaining is 30,317 hectares. Of this remnant area, 10,864 hectares has low visible understorey disturbance and, once assessed, may warrant special conservation measures.

The report Tools for Identifying Indicative High Conservation Tuart Woodland ( 484.02 Kb), that was derived from the Tuart Atlas shows low visible understorey disturbance tuart woodlands by land category, soil type, rainfall zone and the presence of threatened flora, fauna and ecological communities. These data provide a basis for the assessment of remnant tuart woodlands that may:

• be inlcuded in formal reserves;
• receive special protection management on freehold lands; or
• be designated as remnant linkages and wildlife corridors.

TUART ATLAS - TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Cover and Contents (762kB, pdf)
• 1. Foreword (117kB, pdf)
• 2. Acknowledgements (559kb, pdf)
• 3. Executive Summary (476kB, pdf)
• 4. Introduction and 5. Purpose (316kB, pdf)
• 6. Methodology (108kB, pdf)

6.1 Datasets used

6.2 Aerial photographic interpretation mapping

6.2.1 Overstorey and understorey occurrence and condition

6.2.2 Quality assurance and validation

• 7. Discussion (1,932kB, pdf)

7.1 Total extent, canopy density and understorey condition

7.2 Differences in tuar