Many previous vegetation description and mapping programs have highlighted the need for a hierarchical classification that easily translates from regional through to international scales. Often programs have not selected appropriate levels of vegetation classification and mapping for management purposes. Here, we provide an alternative broad vegetation classification at the macrogroup level in the international vegetation classification for eastern New South Wales (NSW) that could be applied in regional and local environmental planning and management. Existing aerial photographic interpretation (API) floristic and canopy maps available for eastern NSW were collated and reclassified and incorporated into a unifying dataset of macrogroups, which also included types dominated by exotic vegetation such as exotic plantations. There we identified, in total, 71 macrogroups across eastern New South Wales (NSW) of a total of 85 identified for NSW mapped at 1:25 000 scale, or finer, in the following three sections: north-east, Sydney basin and central west, and southern coast and Snowy Mountains. These were then amalgamated into a single remnant vegetation map covering 23 525 280 ha. This alternative broad vegetation hierarchy provides a reliable and overt vegetation classification and mapping dataset that can easily incorporate future revisions as new mapping data become available.

许多以前的植被描述和制图程序都强调需要一个层次分类，可以轻松地从区域尺度转换为国际尺度。通常，程序没有为管理目的选择合适的植被分类和绘图级别。在这里，我们在新南威尔士州东部 (NSW) 的国际植被​​分类中提供了宏观组级别的替代广泛植被分类，可用于区域和地方环境规划和管理。对新南威尔士州东部现有的航空摄影解释 (API) 植物区系和冠层图进行了整理和重新分类，并将其纳入统一的宏观组数据集，其中还包括以外来植被为主的类型，如外来种植园。在那里我们确定，总共有 71 个宏群在新南威尔士州东部 (NSW) 中以 1:25 000 或更精细的比例绘制，位于以下三个部分：东北部、悉尼盆地和中西部以及南部海岸和雪山。然后将它们合并为一个覆盖 23 525 280 公顷的残余植被图。这种替代的广泛植被层次提供了可靠和公开的植被分类和制图数据集，可以在新的制图数据可用时轻松纳入未来的修订。然后将它们合并为一个覆盖 23 525 280 公顷的残余植被图。这种替代的广泛植被层次提供了可靠和公开的植被分类和制图数据集，可以在新的制图数据可用时轻松纳入未来的修订。然后将它们合并为一个覆盖 23 525 280 公顷的残余植被图。这种替代的广泛植被层次提供了可靠和公开的植被分类和制图数据集，可以在新的制图数据可用时轻松纳入未来的修订。