Native plants for Tasmania — before 1750, and what's there today
Enter any Tasmanian address for the national pre-1750 classification — shown alongside what TASVEG maps on the ground there today.
Subgroup (NVIS) + present-day TASVEGEnter any Tasmanian address for the national pre-1750 classification — shown alongside what TASVEG maps on the ground there today.
Subgroup (NVIS) + present-day TASVEGUnlike the mainland states, Tasmania has never published a pre-1750 vegetation map. Its detailed statewide layer, TASVEG, maps vegetation as it is today, not as it was before clearing. So for the pre-European classification we read the national NVIS 7.0 pre-1750 layer.
Tasmania retains a high proportion of its native vegetation, so in remnant bushland TASVEG is a strong guide to what belongs — and in cleared country it tells you what's there now. We show the TASVEG community for your point alongside the national pre-1750 answer, clearly labelled as present-day, so you can read the two together.
Tasmania's vegetation communities are described in detail in From Forest to Fjaeldmark. We're working those descriptions into indigenous planting lists — search your address and leave your email to be sent yours.
NVIS 7.0 pre-1750 + TASVEG 3.0. National classification from NVIS 7.0 pre-1750 (DCCEEW); present-day community from TASVEG 3.0, TheList / NRE Tasmania.